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4/7/25, 5:16 PM UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements with Costa Rica, Mauritius come into force – UAE Business and Travel Ins…
Under the CEPA, 99.8% of UAE exports to Costa Rica will benefit from zero or reduced customs duties. The
partnership will also help to facilitate strategic capital exchange, adding to the UAE’s approximate US$673
million already invested in Central America.

Opening access to one of Africa’s most promising economies, the UAE-Mauritius CEPA is projected to boost the
value of non-oil bilateral trade from its current US$209.8 million to US$500 million within five years, including
a fourfold increase in UAE exports to Mauritius.

Over 97% of UAE exports to Mauritius will benefit from immediate tariff elimination or gradual tariff reduction
over a maximum of 5 years under the CEPA.

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