On December 28, 2017, the Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD) published in the Federal Register a final rule [Docket DARS-2017—0017] amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate revised thresholds for application of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and the Free Trade Agreements, as determined by the United States Trade Representative. The thresholds are effective January 1, 2018. The thresholds are shown below:
| Trade Agreement | Supply
Contract (equal to or exceeding) |
Construction Contract (equal to or exceeding) |
| WTO GPA | $180,000 | $6,932,000 |
| FTAs: | ||
| – Australia FTA | 80,317 | $6,932,000 |
| – Bahrain FTA | 180,000 | 10,441,216 |
| – CAFTA-DR (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) | 80,317 | 6,932,000 |
| – Chile FTA | 80,317 | |
| – Colombia | 80,317 | |
| – Korea | 100,000 | |
| – Morocco FTA | 180,000 | |
| – NAFTA | ||
| · Canada | 25,000 | 10,441,216 |
| · Mexico | 80,317 | 10,441,216 |
| – Panama FTA | 180,000 | 6,932,000 |
| – Peru FTA | 180,000 | 6,932,000 |
| – Singapore FTA | 80,317 |
