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Book (stand-alone)THE IMPACT OF THE URUGUAY ROUND ON TARIFF ESCALATION IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
ESCP/No. 3 - September 1997
1997Also available in:
No results found.This study aims at broadening our knowledge about the impact of the UR on tariff escalation in the agricultural sector. Tariff escalation (i.e. higher tariffs on processed agricultural products than on their input commodities) has been one of the obstacles for developing countries in their efforts to establish processing industries for exports. The novelty of the study, compared to other studies, is that changes in tariff escalation are analysed on the basis of actual input/output processing rel ationships. In addition, the study takes into account both specific and ad valorem tariffs that may be applied on the input and output products. The results of the study show that tariff escalation has been reduced as a result of the UR, creating some opportunities for developing countries to diversify their exports into higher value processed commodities. Another interesting result of the study is the widespread existence of tariff de-escalation (i.e. higher tariffs on the input than the on the output commodity). The study concludes, however, that high levels of escalation will still remain after the implementation of the UR tariff concessions. -
Book (series)No. 2. Tariff reduction formulae: Methodological issues in assessing their effects
FAO Trade Policy Technical Notes on issues related to the WTO negotiations on agriculture
2005The current round of WTO negotiations on agriculture initiated in Doha in 2001 produced a range of suggestions as to the appropriate approach for further cuts in, and disciplines on, the use of agricultural tariffs. Subsequent analyses have provided crucial information for negotiators and policy analysts on the relative implications of these approaches on the tariff profiles of their individual countries as well as on those of their main trading partners. However, it is essential that these analysts and negotiators are aware of a number of key methodological issues and assumptions which can fundamentally affect analytical results. -
Book (series)No. 3. Bananas: is there a tariff-only equivalent to the EU tariff rate quota regime? Insights from economic analysis
FAO Trade Policy Technical Notes on issues related to the WTO negotiations on agriculture
2005Following its enlargement to include ten Central and Eastern European countries in May 2004, the European Union (EU) has now become the largest banana market in the world. It is forecast to import some 3.8 million tonnes of bananas in 2005, which would account for almost a third of world banana imports. As bananas enter freely into United States territory, and Japanese banana imports originate mainly in Asia, the rapidly approaching change in the EU banana import regime has raised considerable interest and debate amongst ACP and Latin American countries.
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