RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IMA/INV/3/Rev.1
16August 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3230)
Original: Spanish International Bovine Meat Agreement
INTERNATIONAL MEAT COUNCIL
Inventory ofDomestic Policies andTrade Measures
Paraguay
Parties agreed to"provide information ontheirdomestic policies andtrademeasures including
bilateral andplurilateral commitments inthebovine meatsector, andshallnotify asearly aspossible
anychanges insuchpolicies andmeasures thatarelikely toaffect international trade inbovine meat
andliveanimals" (Article III:3). TheSecretariat "shall draw upandkeepuptodateaninventory of
allmeasures affecting trade inbovine meatandliveanimals, including commitments resulting from
bilateral, plurilateral andmultilateral negotiations" (Article III:4).
Thedocumentscontainingtherepliestothequestionnaireondomesticpoliciesandtrademeasures
arecirculated under theseries IMA/INV. They willberevised asandwhen changes arenotified.IMA/INV/3/Rev.1
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PartG
Information onDomestic Policies andTrade Measures
I. Production
(a) In1995,theagricultureandforestrysectoraccountedfor26.4percentofgrossdomesticproduct
(GDP) andthelivestock subsector, at7.6percentofGDP, represented 29percentoftheagriculture
andforestry sector.
According tothe1995Agriculture andForestry Survey, there were9,788,439 headofcattle,
93percentofwhich were formeatand7percentformilk, compared withthe1991 Census figure
of7,626,600 head.
Ofthetotalmeatproduction in1995(239,000 tons), approximately 11percentwasexported
andtherestwasusedforinternal consumption.
Note: There havebeennochanges inregard totheother information ondomestic policies
andtrade measures forthebovine meatsector inourcountry.MERCOSUR TARIFF BINDINGSIMA/INV/3/Rev.1
Page 3Code Product Country Paraguay Brazil Argentina Uruguay CET*
0101.11.00 Horses: pure-bred breeding animals USA 10% 5% 15% 0
0101.10.00 Bovine animals: pure-bred breeding animals Canada/USA 10% 0% 5% 15% 0
0102.90.29 Other Canada 15% 4
0103.10.00 Pure-bred breeding animals (pigs) Canada 10% 5% 0
0103.91.19 Other Canada 35% 4
0104.20.11 Pure-bred breeding animals (goats andsheep) Canada 35% 5% 15% 0
0104.20.19 Other Canada 35% 4
0105.11.11 Pure-bred breeding animals (poultry) Canada 10% 0% 5% 0
0105.11.19 Other Canada 20% 4
0201.10.00 Meat ofbovine animals, fresh: carcasses andhalf-carcasses Australia 30% 10
0201.20.00 Other cutswithbone in Australia 30% 10
0201.30.00 Boneless Canada/Australia 30% 12
0202.10.00 Meat ofbovine animals, frozen: carcasses andhalf-carcasses Australia 30%
0202.20.00 Other cutswithbone in Australia 30%
0202.30.00 Boneless Canada/Australia 30%
0302.11.00 Trout Canada 35% 10
0302.12.00 Pacific salmon Canada 35% 10
0302.19.00 Other Canada 35% 10
0303.10.00 Pacific salmon Canada 35% 10
0304.10.00 Fresh orchilled Canada 35% 10
0304.20.00 Frozen fillets Canada 35% 10
0304.90.00 Other Canada 35% 10
0305.30.00 Fishfillets, dried, salted orinbrine Canada 35% 10
0305.41.00 Pacific salmon Canada 35% 10
0305.42.00 Herrings Canada 35% 50% 10
0305.49.00 Other Canada 35% 0% 10
0402.10.00 (Milk andcream) inpowder/granules Canada 20% 10
0511.10.00 Bovine semen Canada/USA 10% 5% 16
0511.99.11 Animal semen other thanofbovine animals Canada 10% 50% 0
1504.20.00 Fatsandoils,andtheirfractions, offish,other thanliveroils Norway 15% 10
1504.30.00 Fatsandoils,andtheirfractions, ofmarine mammals Norway 15% 25% 10
1604.11.00 Salmon Canada 35% 16
1604.13.00 Sardines, sardinella Canada 35% 16
1604.20.00 Other prepared orpreserved fish Canada 35% 16
3002.20.12 Vaccines putupinmeasured doses Canada 10% 2
3003.90.19 Anti-parasitic drugs usedinveterinary medicine EC 10%
*Common External Tariff.