Includes the barriers (tariff and non-tariff) that U.S. companies face when exporting to this country.
Last Published: 7/12/2019

The United States and Brunei enjoy a long history of trade, dating to an 1850 treaty whereby Brunei and the United States agreed to trade freely and without barriers, under Most Favored Nation (MFN) status.
Today U.S. companies and businesses doing business in Brunei or wishing to export products to Brunei may do so freely, with the exception of food products, an area in which Brunei takes particular interest. Brunei is emphasizing its halal food industry as one of the key pillars of an effort to diversify its economy. Brunei is promoting its own halal food certification regime, one entirely distinct from other halal certification organizations, which would require Bruneian inspectors to travel to production facilities in the home country of the food exporter, at the exporter’s expense, to inspect the food production process. This requirement places constraints on the ability of U.S. exporters of food products to enter the Brunei market without complying with requirements that may not be necessary in other markets.

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Email: ECCommunications@trade.gov
 

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