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The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) is the Australian Government agency that helps Australian companies win overseas business for their products and services by reducing the time, cost and risk involved in selecting, entering and developing international markets.
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Fact sheet
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains up to date information on Australia's trade relationships with Cambodia (pdf) and global trade relationships.
ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA)
The Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) is an agreement between ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), Australia and New Zealand. It delivers extensive tariff reduction and greater certainty for services suppliers and investors. The Agreement remains the highest quality of ASEAN's FTAs with its partners. AANZFTA entered into force in January 2010 for Australia, and came into force in Cambodia on 4 January 2011. The AANZFTA is one of the largest truly comprehensive Free Trade Agreements ever signed, and reduced or eliminated trade barriers across a region that is home to over 670 million people, with an annual GDP of around USD 3.6 trillion.
The Agreement provides a range of practical benefits for businesses seeking to trade or invest between Australia and Cambodia, including by reducing tariffs on goods, liberalising market access for most services and offering increased protection for investors.
Further information on the AANZFTA, including the full text of the Agreement and guidance on how to access benefits under it.
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP)
RCEP is a regional free trade agreement that complements and builds upon Australia's existing free trade agreements with 14 other Indo-Pacific countries.
RCEP entered into force on 1 January 2022 for ten original parties: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. RCEP then entered into force for the Republic of Korea on 1 February 2022, for Malaysia on 18 March 2022, for Indonesia on 2 January 2023 and for the Philippines on 2 June 2023. RCEP is the world’s largest free trade agreement by members’ GDP.
Further information on RCEP can be found at Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP).
Market access for Cambodian products
Since 1 July 2001, all goods manufactured or produced in Least Developed Countries have been granted duty free access to Australia. All Cambodian goods that meet the Rules of Origin Requirements are therefore eligible for tariff-free access to the Australian market.
BICON: Australian Biosecurity Import Conditions search
BICON houses the Australian Government's biosecurity import conditions database for more than 20,000 plants, animals, minerals, and biological products. It will help you to determine what import conditions exist and if an import permit is required. Please refer to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources' Importing to Australia page for more information about BICON.
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
The Australian Government encourages Australian enterprises operating overseas and multinational enterprises operating in Australia to observe the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The Guidelines provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business conduct in a variety of areas, including:
- human rights;
- employment and industrial relations;
- environment;
- combating bribery, bribe solicitation and extortion;
- consumer interests;
- science and technology;
- competition; and
- taxation.
The Australian National Contact Point (AusNCP) promotes the use of the OECD Guidelines and contributes to the resolution of issues relating to their implementation, including facilitating access to conciliation services.