India is hosting the 13th ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee meeting in New Delhi to advance the review of the ASEAN-India trade pact. The Joint Committee meeting and its related meetings are being held in a hybrid format till 10th of this month.

 

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that the Joint Committee provided strategic guidance to the Sub-Committees in their respective areas of work and urged them to expedite the finalisation of the outstanding chapters under the AITIGA Review. The Sub-Committees were assigned time-bound deliverables and encouraged to work closely to achieve tangible outcomes within the agreed timelines.

 

The Ministry further informed that meetings of three of the eight Sub-Committees under the AITIGA Joint Committee are currently being held on the sidelines of the 13th Joint Committee meeting. These include the Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation (SC-CPTF), the Sub-Committee on National Treatment and Market Access (SC-NTMA), and the Sub-Committee on Rules of Origin (SC-ROO). The meetings serve as an important platform to deepen cooperation, strengthen mutual understanding, and advance constructive dialogue between India and ASEAN.

 

 

The 13th AITIGA Joint Committee meeting, held yesterday, was co-chaired by Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Nitin Kumar Yadav, and Deputy Secretary General (Trade), Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry, Malaysia Mastura Ahmad Mustafa. Delegations from all ASEAN Member States-Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam-participated in the meeting.