Looking for statistics on tariffs? Bound and applied duties?

For WTO Members and non- Members alike?

World Tariff Profiles 2006A collaborative project of the WTO, ITC, and UNCTAD

June 2007 | Price: 50 CHFEnglish ISBN: 978-92-870-3369-7| Español ISBN: 978-92-870-3371-0 | Français ISBN: 978-92-870-3370-3

A World Trade Organization Publication.

Contents

Summary Tables All products, agricultural products, non-agricultural products

Country Pages 151 countries/territories 3 sections

Tariff and imports summary and distribution by duty ranges Tariff and imports by product groups Statistics on exports to major trading partners and duties

faced

Technical Annexes Technical articles Sources of data Glossary of terms

Sample Summary Table

Sample Country Table

•Calendar year or start of fiscal year

•Share of Harmonized System (HS) six-digit subheadings containing at least one bound tariff line.

•Simple average of the ad valorem or ad valorem equivalent (AVE) HS six-digit duty averages.

•Share of duty-free HS six-digit subheadings in the total number of subheadings in the product group.

•Share of HS six-digit subheadings subject to non-ad valorem duties.

•Share of HS six-digit subheadings subject to ad valorem duties or AVEs greater than 15%.

Summary Table Statistics

BoundMFN

appliedBound

MFN applied

BoundMFN

appliedBound

MFN applied

in %

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Duties > 15 %

Share of HS 6 digit subheadings in %

Simple average Duty-free Non ad valorem dutiesYear of MFN

applied tariff

Binding coverage

•Share of HS six-digit subheadings subject to ad valorem duties or AVEs greater than three times the national average.

•Share of HS six-digit bound subheadings not yet implemented in 2006.

•Maximum tariff line level, ad valorem duty or AVE.

•Number of distinct duty rates. Non-ad valorem duties are always treated as distinctbecause AVE calculations would always yield distinct AVEs.

•Standard deviation of tariff line duty rates divided by the simple tariff line level averageof all duty rates. Includes only ad valorem duties or AVEs.

•Total number of Most-favored nation (MFN) applied tariff lines.

Summary Table Statistics

BoundMFN

appliedBound MFN applied Bound

MFN applied

BoundMFN

applied

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Concessionsnot yet

implemented in 2006

Duties > 3 * AVG

Share of HS 6 digit subhdgs in %

Number of distinct duty rates

Coefficient of variationMaximum duty Number of MFN

applied tariff lines

Total Ag Non-Ag

Simple average final bound 9.9 3.4 11.0

Simple average MFN applied 2006 3.5 1.2 3.9

Trade weighted average 2005 6.5 2.4 6.7

Imports in billion US$ 2005 124.5 5.5 118.9

Summary

•Simple average of MFN applied duties

•Simple average of final bound duties excluding unbound tariff lines

•HS six-digit MFN tariff averages weighted with HS six-digit import flows

Part A1. Tariffs and imports: summary and duty ranges

Part A1. Tariffs and imports: summary and duty ranges

•For WTO Members, accession year is indicated.

•Share of HS six-digit subheadings containing at least one bound tariff line. The percentage share is also presented separately for non-agricultural (Non-AG) tariff lines.

•Per cent of HS six-digit subheadings in the schedule of agricultural concession covered by tariff quotas.

•Per cent of HS six-digit subheadings in the schedule of agricultural concessions withat least one tariff line subject to Special Safeguards (SSG).

WTO Member since 1995

Binding coverage: Total 97.0

Non-Ag 96.5

Ag: Tariff quotas (in %) 1.2

Ag: Special safeguards (in % ) 1.2

Part A2. Tariffs and imports by product groups

AVG Duty-free Max Binding AVG Duty-free Max Share Duty-free

in % in % in % in % in %

MFN applied duties Imports Final bound duties

For product groups by Multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) Categories:

Part B. Export to major trading partners and duties faced

For top six major export destinations:

Pref.

in million margin TL Value

US$ HS 2-digit HS 6-digit Simple Weighted Weighted in % in %

Bilateral imports Diversification

95% trade in no. of traded TL

MFN AVG of Duty-free imports

Diversification• HS two-digit - number of HS chapters with trade flows after exclusion of 5 % of smallest bilateral tariff line trade flows. • HS six-digit - number of HS subheadings with trade flows after exclusion of 5 % of smallest bilateral tariff line trade flows.

•Simple and weighted MFN averages based on tariff lines with imports.

Preferential margin•Trade-weighted average difference between the MFN duty and the most advantageous preferential duty. Tariff lines where either MFN or preferential duties cannot be expressed in ad valorem terms have been excluded.

Technical annexes

Technical Papers Tariff aggregation methods – what are the implications

Methodology for the estimation of non-ad valorem tariffs

Data Sources

Glossary of tariff and trade-related terms

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