With the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers,   negotiation of  FTA with Thailand was commenced in 2018. Since initiation , nine rounds of extensive negotiations between the two countries were held on 14 Chapters & relevant Annexes of the agreement. The Sri Lanka Thailand Free Trade Agreement (SLTFTA) is comprehensive in scope and covers areas on Trade in Goods, Rules of Origin, Sanitary and PhytoSanitory Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade , Trade Remedies, Trade in Services, Investment, Customs Procedure and Trade Facilitation , Economic Cooperation, Intellectual Property, Initial Provisions, Institutional and Final Provisions, Transparency and Dispute Settlement. 

·    Subsequent to the approval of the  Cabinet of Ministers, the SLTFTA was signed on the 3rd February 2024, in Sri Lanka.

• PREAMBLE
  
  
• CHAPTER 1 : INITIAL PROVISIONS AND GENERAL DEFINITIONS
  
  
• CHAPTER 2 : TRADE IN GOODS
  
  
  • 2AB : SCHEDULES OF TARIFF COMMITMENTS-GENERAL NOTES
  • 2A : SCHEDULE OF TARIFF COMMITMENTS THAILAND - Headnotes
  •       : SCHEDULE OF TARIFF COMMITMENTS OF THAILAND
  • 2B : SCHEDULE OF TARIFF COMMITMENTS SRI LANKA - Headnotes
  •      : SCHEDULE OF TARIFF COMMITMENTS OF SRI LANKA
    
    
• CHAPTER 3 : RULES OF ORIGIN
  
  
  • 3A : MINIMUM INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
  • 3B : PRODUCT SPECIFIC RULES - Headnotes to the Annex
    
    
• CHAPTER 4 : CUSTOMS PROCEDURES AND TRADE FACILITATION
  
  
• CHAPTER 5 : SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
  
  
• CHAPTER 6 : TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
  
  
• CHAPTER 7 : TRADE REMEDIES
  
  
• CHAPTER 8 : TRADE IN SERVICES
  
  
  • 8A : SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS THAILAND
  • 8B : SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS SRI LANKA
    
    
• CHAPTER 9 : INVESTMENT
  
  
  • 9A : SCHEDULE OF RESERVATIONS AND NON-CONFORMING MEASURES FOR INVESTMENT THAILAND
  • 9B : SCHEDULE OF RESERVATIONS AND NON-CONFORMING MEASURES FOR INVESTMENT SRI LANKA
  • 9C : PUBLIC DEBT
    
    
• CHAPTER 10 : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
  
  
• CHAPTER 11 : ECONOMIC COOPERATION
  
  
• CHAPTER 12 : TRANSPARENCY
  
  
• CHAPTER 13 : DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
  
  
• CHAPTER 14 : INSTITUTIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS