 Chile-Central America
Agreement
Syllabus of the Subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Central America (Costa
Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua)
- Introduction to the Chile-Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- Benefits of the Chile-Central America Agreement
- Certification of Origin
- Criteria for the preferential treatment
- Trade Relations between Chile and Central American countries
- Case Study: International Trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) Chile-Costa Rica and Chile-Nicaragua
Sample of the Subject: Chile-Central America Free Trade Agreement

Description of the Subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua).
In 1998, Chile and the Central American Countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua), announced a free trade agreement (FTA).
In 2011, Chile and Nicaragua signed the bilateral protocol.
The objectives of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Chile-Central America are to:
- Develop the free trade zone
- Promote the International trade growth in goods and services among Chile and Central America
- Promote a fair competition conditions in the free-trade area
- Eliminate the barriers to
the foreign trade and facilitate the circulation of goods and services in the free-trade area
- Promote the foreign direct investments in Chile and Central America
- Establish efficient procedures for the application and observance of the Chile-Central America Free Trade Agreement
International Trade between Central America and Chile was 558 million dollars.
- Total exports were 121 million dollars
- The main exported products from Chile to Central America were sugar cane; this export product accounted for 72% of the total exports from Central America to Chile
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Central America operates in the Latin American Economic Area (Western-Christian Civilisation).
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Chilean Free Trade Agreements (FTA):
China,
India,
South Korea,
Japan,
Australia,
Turkey,
European Union,
EFTA,
United States,
Canada,
APEC,
Trans-Pacific Agreement,
ALADI,
MERCOSUR,
Andean Community,
Peru,
Ecuador,
Colombia,
Mexico,
Panama...
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Salvadorian Free Trade Agreements:
Central American Integration System, Taiwan, United States,
Central America (Mexico,
European Union, Colombia,
Panama,
Dominican Republic),
Association of Caribbean States...
- Nicaraguan
Free Trade Agreements: Central American Integration System,
Taiwan, Mexico,
Central America (United States, Panama, European Union, Dominican Republic, Chile), Association of Caribbean States...
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Honduran Free Trade Agreements (FTA):
Taiwan,
Mexico,
Colombia,
Canada, SELA...
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