The current active bilateral and multilateral Free Trade Agreements of Israel with countries and trade blocks.
Israel – United States Free Trade Agreement Israel and the United States signed the
Israel–United States Free Trade Agreement, which was the first United States free trade agreement with a country outside of
North America, and the first free trade agreement of Israel. The free trade agreement came into force on 1 September 1985. To be party to the free trade agreement, goods must be a product of Israel or the United States or have had a significant portion produced in Israel or the United States. The negotiations for the FTA began in 1 January 1984 after discussions between the former US president
Ronald Reagan and the former Israeli prime minister
Yitzhak Shamir in November 1983. The FTA was signed by Ronald Reagan into law the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 which paved the way for FTA between Israel and the United States. The FTA was signed on April 22, 1985, and came into force on 1 September 1985. The FTA reduced tariffs on different products in few steps until 1995. The free trade agreement of 1985 was not including agricultural products, and was decided in article 6 of the free trade agreement that the sector of agricultural products isn't included or will come separately in other agreement. In 2004, the agreement was extended to agricultural products. Mutual recognition agreement on telecommunications equipment was signed in 2004, and a joint committee decided to make some changes to the Annex 3 of the Israel – United States Free Trade Agreement (1985) regarding the documentation of Rules of Origin. Additional extension to the Agricultural Agreement (2004) was made in 2022. The United States and Israel are also party to the Qualified Industrial Zone agreement (QIZ agreement), which serves to promote co-production and economic cooperation between
Israel and Egypt. The QIZ agreement was signed on December 14, 2004 in Cairo between Egypt, Israel, and the United States. The QIZ agreement came into force in 2005.
European Free Trade Association – Israel Free Trade Agreement Israel and the
European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which includes
Switzerland,
Norway,
Iceland and
Liechtenstein, negotiated free trade agreement in June 1991, signed the agreement in 1992 which came into force a year later in 1 January 1993. The free trade agreement originally included trade of goods, rules of origin, and
intellectual property rights, and on 22 November 2018 was updated to extend to agricultural products. The extension came into force on 1 August 2021.
Israel - Jordan Free Trade Agreement The free trade agreement between Israel and Jordan was signed alongside wide the peace treaty on 26 October 1994, and one year after on 25 October 1995 the agreement came into force. The agreement of 1995 includes rules of origin and goods that are 100%, 50% or 30% duty-free. The free trade agreement was updated on 23 December 2004.
European Union – Israel Free Trade Agreement The free trade agreement between Israel and the
European Union began and are part of the
European Union Association Agreement, Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement or the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement. The negotiations between Israel and the
European Community began on December 1993, signed on 20 November 1995 and came into force on 1 June 2000. The original free trade agreement included clauses on rules of origin, duties, service and industrial trades and co-operations, tourism, and transport. Negotiations on additional agricultural trade agreement between the EU and Israel began in 2008, signed on 20 October 2009, and came into force on January 2010. On 20 November 2012 Israel and the EU signed the
Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial, giving good manufacturing practice exemption to the Israeli medical industry and easing the export of medical goods from Israel to the European Union. The agreement came into force in 2013. In 2002 Israel began the
Operation Defensive Shield due to the murder of approximately 730 Israeli civilians and tourists in different terror attacks during the
Second Intifada. Some politicians of the European Parliament called to suspend the Association Agreement, as the EU member state were 15 during 2002. The Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique haven't ruled out such scenario. Move that was unlikely as other countries such as Germany, UK, Denmark, and the Netherlands were against it. After the 7th October massacre in 2023 made by
Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups and the start of the ground operation, Spain, Ireland, and Belgium questioned the agreements with Israel. The prime minister of Belgium
Alexander De Croo called for sanctions against Israel, The prime minister of Ireland even considered to unilaterally suspend trade with Israel, The Spanish Prime Minister
Pedro Sanchez together with Ireland tried to push other EU members to suspend the free trade agreement with Israel, and
Josep Borrell the Spanish head of the European Union's foreign policy pushed for suspension of relations with Israel. But most EU countries as, Finland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece were against such actions from Josep Borrell, Spain, Ireland, and Belgium against Israel.
Israel - Turkey Free Trade Agreement Israel and Turkey negotiated free trade agreement since 1994, The free trade agreement was updated in 2006 and 2007. After the 7th October massacre in 2023 made by
Hamas and other Palestinians and the start of the ground operation, Turkey decided to stop exports to Israel on may the third 2024 ruled by the Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In response, the
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called to abolish the free trade agreement with Turkey and also to impose 100% tariff on import from Turkey. Local Turkish media claimed that products from Turkey arrive to Israel via the Palestinian Authority as export from Turkey to the Palestinian Authority was raised to 526% after the ban.
Canada - Israel Free Trade Agreement Israel and Canada negotiated free trade agreement since 1994, and signed their first free trade agreement on 31 July 1996 which came into force on 1 January 1997, listing a number of goods without duties or with low fees of duty. Israel and Canada also signed an agreement on telecommunication equipment. The free trade agreement was updated in 2019, eliminating tariffs on goods from Israel and Canada.
Israel - Mexico Free Trade Agreement Israel and Mexico signed a free trade agreement on 10 April 2000, and updated the free trade agreement in 2008 on the matter of technology.
Israel - Mercosur Free Trade Agreement Israel and
Mercosur signed a free trade agreement on 8 December 2007 and the free trade agreement came into force on 1 June 2010.
Venezuela suspended their relationship with Israel in 2009, and was later suspended from Mercosur in 2016. Mercosur extended the free trade agreement with Israel in 2012.
Colombia - Israel Free Trade Agreement The free trade agreement between Israel and Colombia was signed in 2013 and came into force in 2020. The free trade agreement includes exemption or reduction of duties on different types of industrial goods, which enjoys 5% - 35% duties and other sectors such as agriculture.
Israel - Panama Free Trade Agreement The free trade agreement between
Israel and Panama was signed in 2018 and came into force in 2020.
Israel - Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Israel and Ukraine began negotiations on free trade agreement in 2013 as most of the negotiations took place between 2016 and 2018. The fifth round of negotiations took place on March 8–9, 2017 in Tel Aviv, and the 11th round took place on June 19, 2018 in Jerusalem. The FTA was signed During state visit of the Ukrainian president
Petro Poroshenko to Israel on 21 January 2019 alongside the Israeli prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu. The
Verkhovna Rada ratified the FTA with Israel on 11 July 2019, and was later ratified by the
Knesset. The free trade agreement came into force on 1 January 2021. The agreement exempted from duties goods such as industrial products, agricultural products, raw materials and more.
Israel - United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Due to
Brexit, the United Kingdom withdrew from the free trade agreement between the EU and Israel. Israel and the United Kingdom signed their free trade agreement in 2019 before Brexit came into effect. The free trade agreement came into force on 1 January 2021 and replaced the Israel-EU free trade agreement.
Israel - South Korea Free Trade Agreement Israel and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement on 12 May 2021 to improve investments, removing barriers, and other topics. The FTA includes electronics, cosmetics, cars, and more. Date of entry is the 01.01.2023. The free trade agreement took effect at the end of 2022.
Israel - United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a free trade agreement on 31 May 2022. Tariffs will be removed or reduced on 96% of goods traded between the nations. The UAE predicted the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement would boost annual bilateral trade to more than $10 billion within five years. Israel and the United Arab Emirates ratified their free trade agreement on 11 December 2022. The free trade agreement went into effect on 1 April 2023.
Guatemala - Israel Free Trade Agreement The agreement between Guatemala and Israel which was signed on 8 September 2022 and came into force on the first of March 2024 covers the following in order to promote relations and trade: • Rules of origin • Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters • Trade Cooperation
Israel - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement Early discussion on free trade agreement took place in 2013 during a visit to Vietnam by Israeli delegation of Israeli agricultural technology companies with the Israel Export Institute. On 30 September 2014, the Economy minister of Israel
Naftali Bennett signed a partnership agreement with the Science minister of Vietnam to develop future free trade agreement. At the end of the year on 2. December 2015 a Vietnamese delegation including the Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoàng Trung Hải visited Israel and meet with the Israeli prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, which a statement on negotiations on free trade agreement was given. Negotiations took place from 2016. Israel and Vietnam signed the free trade agreement on 24. July 2023 and the agreement came into force on 17 November 2024. == Free trade agreements not in force ==