List of custom-free products under Mercosur FTA to be approved within days

The Trade and Industry Ministry is expecting to receive soon a list of products that are customs-exempt under Egypt’s freetrade agreement with Mercosur countries, which should be coming into effect in a few days’ time, according to Al Borsa.The list should include 2,535 products. The agreement was signed in 2011 but picked up momentum recently after Argentina’s parliament approved the it last month.