Companies can make substantial duty relief savings through Free Trade Agreements, however all too often companies fail to fully utilize the agreements that are in place. This in-depth workshop will provide you with the guidance you need to successfully navigate and utilize applicable free trade agreements.

• What are the free trade agreements that European companies have?
• What are the priority FTA’s?
• How to identify savings opportunities presented by current FTA’s
• How do you meet/make sure you comply with the origin and other requirements in order to get the preferences in the agreement?
• What are those benefits and how do you make sure you get them?
• What are the compliance requirements to get the preferences?
• How is preferential origin awarded?
• How do you ensure that the goods you are importing fall within the scope of the FTA and can benefit from those?
• Understanding what are the legal instruments, what are your rights and obligations and how do you benefit from them?
• How to avoid invalidating FTAs when you are using multiple FTAs
• WTO database on regional trade agreements
• Margins of preference and compliance costs
• Some hints regarding preference utilization in EU FTA’s