Preferential trade agreement

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31 October 2013 Dear Sir,
Can any one help me to know what is preferential trade agreement in export to france country. How to get this document & where to get it?
thk u in advance,
warm regards,
S.Sridhar Babu

RAMESH KUMAR VERMA

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08 November 2013 A preferential trade area (also preferential trade agreement, PTA) is a trading bloc that gives preferential access to certain products from the participating countries. This is done by reducing tariffs but not by abolishing them completely. A PTA can be established through a trade pact. It is the first stage of economic integration. The line between a PTA and a free trade area (FTA) may be blurred, as almost any PTA has a main goal of becoming a FTA in accordance with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

These tariff preferences have created numerous departures from the normal trade relations principle, namely that World Trade Organization (WTO) members should apply the same tariff to imports from other WTO members.

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