According to the agreement, CEFTA's main goal is to "establish a free trade area by gradual liberalisation of mutual trade relations, and by the removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade during a transitional period."
Prema sporazumu, glavni cilj CEFTA-e jest "uspostava područja slobodne trgovine postupnom liberalizacijom uzajamnih trgovinskih odnosa i uklanjanjem tarifnih i netarifnih zapreka u trgovini tijekom tranzicijskog razdoblja".