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 je da se "uspostavi oblast slobodne trgovine postepenom liberalizacijom međusobnih trgovinskih odnosa i uklanjanjem tarifnih i netarifnih barijera u trgovini tokom tranzicionog perioda".