ASEAN Secretariat business bulletin summarizes compliance-relevant features of the upgraded ATIGA (Second Protocol to Amend ATIGA)

An ASEAN Secretariat 'ASEAN for Business Bulletin' (First Edition, 2026) provides an official summary of the upgraded ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), described as a major overhaul agreed in October 2025. The bulletin highlights operational/compliance implications including stronger disciplines on non-tariff measures (transparency/notification/review), digital-by-default trade processes (recognition of electronic certificates, simplified origin documentation), expansion of electronic document exchange via the ASEAN Single Window, facilitation measures including the ASEAN AEO mutual recognition arrangement, recognition of remanufactured goods treatment, MSME information-platform commitments, updated dispute resolution including ADR options, and a crisis trade framework for essential goods and electronic documentation. Trade compliance teams should use the bulletin as an official orientation to forthcoming/ongoing process changes and verify implementing schedules/requirements in the underlying ATIGA upgrade instruments and national implementing measures.