EFTA–India TEPA · Commercial Product Ladder
Why EFTA for Tech & Advanced Manufacturing
TEPA is unusually well suited to high-value business. Alongside tariff preferences for goods, it combines services commitments, intellectual-property rules and a dedicated investment-promotion chapter in one agreement. That makes the EFTA–India corridor a strong route for manufacturing, joint-venture formation and technology transfer, and a natural fit for AI, robotics and IT companies.
Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein · signed 10 March 2024 · in force since 1 October 2025.
Advanced manufacturing
Tariff preferences on industrial goods, subject to rules of origin, support machinery, robotics and component trade.
Joint ventures
A dedicated investment-promotion chapter, with a USD 100 billion / 15-year investment objective and 1 million direct jobs.
Technology transfer
An intellectual-property chapter that underpins licensing, co-development and know-how transfer.
AI, robotics & IT
Services commitments for IT and digitally delivered services, plus EFTA's strength in precision tech and R&D.
Step 1 · Treaty pillar
Choose a TEPA treaty pillar
Physical goods moving between EFTA and India, with tariff preferences subject to rules of origin.
Treaty basis: TEPA's Trade in Goods and Rules of Origin provisions, with each party's tariff schedule, determine preferential duty treatment. Preference applies only when origin rules are met and documented.
Step 2 · Commercial sector
Pick your sector under Manufacturing & Goods
Step 3 · Execution ladder
Select a sector above to see its 4-step execution ladder.
Opportunity access, treaty benefits, and execution remain subject to applicable official requirements and platform manual review.
Treaty references on this page are summarised and must be verified against the official TEPA text and national implementing rules.