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EAEU and Indonesia may cut duties to 2% and 1.5% in 2026

The free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Indonesia may enter into force by the end of 2026. EEC Board Chairman Bakytzhan Sagintayev said so on September 17 in Beijing, at a roundtable on EAEU-SCO cooperation, noting that "ratification procedures for the free trade agreement with Indonesia are currently underway, and we expect the agreement to enter into force by the end of the year" (nesvizh-news.by). The same day, at the "Indonesia — EAEU" business dialogue in Moscow, the Eurasian Economic Commission disclosed the full pair of rates to which mutual duties will fall once the agreement takes effect (eec.eaeunion.org).

New rates and tariff-line coverage

The cut in Indonesia's duty on EAEU goods — from 10.2% to 2% — was already disclosed by the EEC when the agreement was signed in December 2025; on September 17 the commission added the reciprocal rate, with the EAEU's average duty on Indonesian exports falling from 7.6% to 1.5% (eec.eaeunion.org; alta.ru). Indonesia is opening preferential access on 90% of tariff lines, the EAEU on 90.5% of its nomenclature; in value terms, preferences will cover more than 94% of the union's current exports (eec.eaeunion.org). The EAEU's preferential list includes grain (wheat, millet, rye, oats), flour and bakery products, beef, dairy and cheese, mineral water, metallurgical products, petroleum products, coal, fertilizers, polymers, timber products and machinery; Indonesia's list features consumer goods such as auto components, electronics, clothing and footwear (eec.eaeunion.org). Beyond tariffs, the agreement also covers regulatory areas — e-commerce, competition, digital innovation, transport and green growth (eec.eaeunion.org).

What it means for traders

Sagintayev estimated that the tariff cuts will affect roughly $3 billion in bilateral trade, and expects turnover between the EAEU and Indonesia to double within 3–5 years of the agreement taking effect (nesvizh-news.by). Companies exporting or importing on this route will need to check their goods against the covered tariff lines: 90% coverage of the nomenclature does not mean every product category gets a lower duty automatically.

Which member states have ratified so far

The agreement was signed on December 21, 2025, in St. Petersburg at a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (eec.eaeunion.org). In Russia, Federal Law No. 134-FZ on ratification was signed on May 26, 2026 (alta.ru). Kyrgyzstan completed its procedure later: the Jogorku Kenesh approved the agreement on June 17, and President Sadyr Japarov signed the ratification law in early July 2026 (time.kg). The remaining EAEU member states are still completing domestic procedures — their timing will determine whether the agreement can take effect before the end of the year, as the EEC expects.

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