-1st D-8 Trade Ministers Council Meeting on the Implementation of the Preferential Trade Agreement among D-8 Member States (25 June 2013,Abuja-Nigeria)
Among the important outcomes taken during this meeting was the agreement on a new cut-off date as of 1 November 2013, and the submission of the revised Offer Lists (transposed to HS Code 2012) by Member Countries at the latest by 31 July 2013.
Another key result of the meeting was the finalization of the draft text of “Abuja Declaration”, of which was discussed and considered by the Senior Officials for the adoption of the Ministerial Meeting. The important declaration highlighted a number of significant points, among other such as:
->The acknowledgement of the role of the Supervisory Committee of the PTA in developing the institutional framework for the implementation of the PTA, and appreciate the Government of Republic of Turkey, which performed the responsibilities of the Chair of Supervisory Committee for 2 years (2012-2014) and their contribution in hosting and organizing the first two meetings of the Supervisory Committee.
->The need to take necessary steps towards achieving the objectives and goals of D-8 cooperation as stated in the Roadmap to increase intra-trade of D-8 states to at least 15-20 percent of their global trade by the end of 2018.
-Each Contracting Party is expected to inform others of the current state of progress in the implementation of the PTA at the respective national level, including, in particular, with regard to the national action plan for tariff reductions.
-The Government of Malaysia has announced “Malaysia's Federal Government Gazette on Goods under the D-8 Preferential Trade Agreement”, as approved by the Parliament of Malaysia on 5 December 2013.
-Turkey informed the Secretariat that internal process to implement PTA is underway, including the process of approval concessions lists of Contracting Parties by the Turkish Grand National Assembly. In addition, Turkey will finalize this process before 2nd TMC (2014, Turkey)
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