TN/AG/W/9
9 February 2015
(15-0837)  Page: 1/7
Committee on Agriculture 
Special Session   
 
COMPILATION OF RECENT AGRICULTURAL TARIFF AND TRADE DATA 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
This document has been prepared following a request made at informal consultations held on 
3 February 2015 for updated agricultural tariff an d trade data. The attached table gives selected 
recent indicators of Members regarding agricultural market access. The tariff information is taken 
from various editions of the World Tariff Profiles, a joint publication of the WTO, ITC and UNCTAD. Average trade shares in agricultural products are calculated using data from the UN COMTRADE database. 
The calculations are done on the full schedule relating to agriculture products, i.e., including both 
dutiable and duty free tariff lines
. With a view to providing comprehensive and comparable 
average tariff statistics for the World Tariff Profiles, the calculation of ad valorem 
equivalents (AVEs) for non-ad valorem duties (N AVs) is required. Since AVEs are not part of the 
mandatory IDB notification requirements and are lacking in most IDB notifications these calculations were provided by the ITC. To maintain the consistency in the comparison between 
bound and applied duties, the AVEs of bound duties were also recalculated by the ITC using the 
same methodology that was used for the calculation of the AVEs of applied duties. It should also be noted that, in some cases, the variations over  time in the MFN applied tariff averages are not 
necessarily the result of actual changes in the applied duties, but may simply be due to variations 
in AVEs which are based on a different set of unit values. 
In a few cases, bound rate averages are below app lied rate averages. This can be due to (1) final 
bound rates which have not yet been fully implemented; (2) the use of a different duty type 
between bound and applied; and (3) changes in th e HS nomenclature breakdown. For example, it 
should be noted that recent applied rates are mostly now reported in HS 2012 nomenclature, whereas for bound rates, the certified schedules are mostly in HS 2007 but some schedules are 
still in older HS versions. 
                                               
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to thei r rights and obligations under the WTO. TN/AG/W/9 
 
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  TECHNICAL NOTES ON DATA  AND COLUMN HEADINGS 
Empty cells for applied tariffs in dicate notification gaps. In these cases, no complementary 
information was available from ITC nor UNCT AD. All trade statistics are sourced from 
UN COMTRADE. 
All simple averages are based on pre-aggregated HS six-digit (i.e. subheading) averages. Pre-aggregation 
means that duties at the tariff line level are first averaged  at the HS six-digit level. Subsequent calculations are 
based on these pre-aggregated averages. For indicato rs on NAVs, Duties > 3 * AVG, Duty Free tariff lines 
(TLs), TRQ and SSG, these are presented as shar e of HS-six digit subheading covered on a pro rata  basis. For 
example, if only one TL has a non AV duty within a subheading that has 2 national TLs in the schedule, the count is 0.5 for the subheading. 
Bound Statistics NAVs 
(% share of TLs) The share of HS six-digit subheadings subject to 
non-ad valorem duties. 
Duties > 3 * AVG (% share of TLs) The share of HS six-digit subheadings subject to ad 
valorem duties or AVEs grea ter than three times the 
national average. 
Duty Free 
(% share of TL) The share of HS six-digit duty subheadings bound at 
zero duty. 
Special Safeguards (SSG) (% share of TLs) % of HS six-digit subheadi ngs in the schedule of 
agricultural concession subj ect to Special Safeguard. 
Partial coverage is taken into account on a pro rata  
basis. Blank cell indicates no tariff line subject to SSG. 
Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) 
(% share of TLs) % of HS six-digit subheadi ngs in the schedule of 
agricultural concession covered by tariff quotas. 
Partial coverage is taken into account on a pro rata  
basis. Blank cell indicates no TRQ concession. 
Average Applied MFN 
Tariff The data presented are for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and mostly sourced from 
the World Tariff Profiles, 2012-2014 issues. However, if no data for the corresponding year is available, the statis tic from the previous year is presented. 
These are indicated by an * next to the statistic. 
Average AG Trade 
Shares 2011-2013 (%) The % share in total world exports, imports and total (exports + imports) of 
agricultural products for the years 2011-2013 of each WTO Member. World totals are 
based on reported data of all countries/te rritories. The average for the three years is 
calculated based on available data for th e years covered. Blank cell indicates no 
available data for any of the years covered.  
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- 3 - Indicators for Agricultural Market Access 
Name  LDC Bound Statistics Average MFN Applied Tariff 
(%) Average AG Trade Shares 
Average 
(%) NAVs Duties > 
3*AVG Duty 
Free SSG TRQ
2011 2012 2013 2011-2013 (%)
(% Share of TLs) Exports Imports Total 
Albania 9.7 0 0 10.6  8.0 7.7 7.7 0.010 0.089 0.049 
Angola Y 52.8 0 0 0  9.8 9.8*9.8   
Antigua and Barbuda 104.8 0 0 0  17.7 16.0 18.3 0.000 0.012 0.006 
Argentina 32.6 0 0 0.1  10.4 10.5 10.1 4.361 0.198 2.279 
Armenia 14.7 0 0 1.4  na 7.0 7.0 0.030 0.084 0.057 
Australia 3.5 1.7 7.5 31.3 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.2 3.776 1.223 2.500 
Bahrain, Kingdom of 39.0 0 2.3 0  8.2 7.5 5.7 0.043 0.156 0.100 
Bangladesh Y 192.0 0 0 0  17.2 17.2* 16.8 0.039 1.093 0.566 
Barbados 111.1 0 0 0 16.9 16.6 18.5 18.5* 18.5 0.011 0.033 0.022 
Belize 101.2 0 0 0  20.4 20.5 21.0 0.020 0.012 0.016 
Benin Y 61.8 0 0 0  14.6 14.6 14.6 0.031 0.093 0.062 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of 40.0 0 0 0  12.4 12.4 12.3 0.169 0.069 0.119 
Botswana 37.9 0 2.6 20.8 37.5  9.2 8.5 8.6 0.016 0.077 0.046 
Brazil 35.4 0 0 2.7 0.2 10.3 10.1 10.2 8.685 1.129 4.907 
Brunei Darussalam 31.9 2.3 1.0 0  0.1 0.1* na 0.001 0.050 0.026 
Burkina Faso Y 98.1 0 0 0  14.6 14.6 14.6 0.064 0.048 0.056 
Burundi Y 94.4 0 0 3.1  19.6 19.8 19.8 0.009 0.024 0.016 
Cabo Verde 19.3 0 0 0  12.2 12.2 12.2 0.000 0.023 0.012 
Cambodia Y 28.2 0 0 0  15.2 15.2 15.2* 0.028 0.052 0.040 
Cameroon 80.0 0 0 0  21.9 22.3 21.8 0.096 0.106 0.101 
Canada 16.8 19.9 6.3 46.1 6.0 9.5 18.0 16.2 15.9 4.527 3.438 3.984 
Central African Republic Y 30.0 0 0 0  21.9 21.9* 21.8 0.001 0.006 0.003 
Chad Y 80.0 0 0 0  21.9 21.9* 21.8   
Chile 26.1 0 0.6 0 0.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 1.128 0.595 0.862 
China 15.8 0 3.1 5.8 5.0 15.6 15.6* 15.6 4.672 10.515 7.598 
Colombia 91.6 0 0 0 28.4 27.8 15.3 14.9 14.9 0.687 0.578 0.633 
Congo 30.0 0 0 0  21.9 21.9* 21.8 0.002 0.046 0.024 
Costa Rica 43.2 0 1.0 0 9.3 10.6 11.3 11.3 11.3 0.401 0.178 0.290 
Côte d'Ivoire 14.9 0 0.9 0.2  14.6 14.6 14.6 0.525 0.155 0.340 
Cuba 37.3 0 0 3.8  10.9 10.7 10.6    
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- 4 - Name  LDC Bound Statistics Average MFN Applied Tariff 
(%) Average AG Trade Shares 
Average 
(%) NAVs Duties > 
3*AVG Duty 
Free SSG TRQ
2011 2012 2013 2011-2013 (%)
(% Share of TLs) Exports Imports Total 
Democratic Rep. of the Congo Y 98.1 0 0 0  11.0* na na   
Djibouti Y 50.4 0 4.6 0  14.2 14.2 14.2*   
Dominica 112.5 0 0 0  16.7 21.2 17.2 0.000 0.005 0.003 
Dominican Republic 39.4 0 0 0 3.3 na 12.7 12.7 0.172 0.247 0.210 
Ecuado r 25.7 0 0.7 0 0.4 2.3 18.3 18.5 18.5* 0.502 0.201 0.351 
Egypt 98.9 1.6 2.4 0  66.3 66.7 66.7* 0.521 1.440 0.981 
El Salvado r 42.5 0 1.4 0 11.0 11.7 12.3 11.8 11.8 0.120 0.180 0.150 
European Union 13.5 32.0 8.8 32.3 23.9 11.3 13.9 13.2 13.2 15.214 13.892 14.559 
Fiji 41.7 2.3 0.5 0  24.0 20.6 16.3 0.032 0.035 0.033 
Gabon 59.7 0 0 0  21.9 21.9* 21.6   
Georgia 13.2 2.6 0.5 8.0  7.2 6.7 5.9 0.057 0.116 0.087 
Ghana 97.1 0 0 0  17.5* na 17.3 0.300 0.186 0.243 
Grenada 100.3 0 0 1.9  17.7 18.2 18.2   
Guatemala 51.5 0 4.1 0 14.3 13.3 9.9 9.6 9.6 0.466 0.242 0.354 
Guinea Y 39.7 0 0 0  14.2* 14.3 14.3*   
Guinea-Bissau Y 40.1 0 0 0  14.6 14.6 14.6   
Guyana 99.6 0 0 0  20.7 21.8 21.4 0.043 0.027 0.035 
Haiti Y 21.4 9.4 0.3 16.9  8.0 6.0 8.2   
Honduras 32.3 0 0.2 0  10.5 10.5 10.2 0.233 0.150 0.191 
Hong Kong, China 0 0 0 100.0  0 0 0 0.838 2.217 1.529 
Iceland 109.4 23.2 12.0 25.9 40.1 35.4 27.2 24.4 24.3 0.010 0.044 0.027 
India 113.5 0.3 0 0 0.9 31.4* 33.5 33.5 3.899 1.892 2.896 
Indonesia 47.0 0.2 3.3 0 0.7 1.0 8.1 7.9 7.5 3.172 1.896 2.535 
Israel 76.7 0.4 2.7 3.6 4.7 6.9 na 17.0 13.2 0.257 0.529 0.393 
Jamaica 97.0 0.3 0 1.7  17.9 17.9* 18.6 0.045 0.135 0.090 
Japan 19.0 15.1 6.3 34.1 7.7 6.2 23.3 16.6 19.0 0.348 6.729 3.542 
Jordan 23.9 0.8 3.6 1.2  17.9* 17.8 17.6 0.145 0.350 0.247 
Kenya 100 0 0 0  19.7 19.9 19.8 0.315 0.187 0.251 
Korea, Republic of 56.0 5.2 7.0 2.2 6.3 13.5 48.6 52.7 52.7 0.527 2.532 1.531 
Kuwait, the State of 100 0 0 0  5.2 5.1 5.1 0.050 0.452 0.251 
Kyrgyz Republic 12.7 2.3 0.3 1.2  7.5 7.4 7.4 0.028 0.080 0.054 
Lao People's Dem. Republic Y 19.2 0 3.9 6.2  na na na    
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- 5 - Name  LDC Bound Statistics Average MFN Applied Tariff 
(%) Average AG Trade Shares 
Average 
(%) NAVs Duties > 
3*AVG Duty 
Free SSG TRQ
2011 2012 2013 2011-2013 (%)
(% Share of TLs) Exports Imports Total 
Lesotho Y 199.0 0 0 0  9.3 8.6 8.5   
Macao, China 0.0 0 0 99.8  0 0 0 0.002 0.121 0.062 
Madagasca r Y 30.0 0 0 0  14.6 14.6 14.6 0.038 0.049 0.044 
Malawi Y 121.2 0 0 0  17.4 18.0 18.7 0.108 0.034 0.071 
Malaysia 66.4 21.1 9.1 12.9 5.5 5.7 10.8* 11.2 8.9 3.005 1.699 2.353 
Maldives 48.1 0 6.7 0  18.3 18.3* na 0.000 0.033 0.017 
Mali Y 59.2 0 0 0  14.6 14.6 14.6 0.046 0.048 0.047 
Mauritania Y 38.1 0 0 0  11.8* na na 0.001 0.043 0.022 
Mauritius 119.6 0 0 0  1.0 0.9 0.9 0.044 0.093 0.068 
Mexico 45.1 7.3 4.5 0.4 33.2 6.9 21.4 21.2 19.7 2.268 2.683 2.477 
Moldova, Republic of 14.0 9.0 2.1 3.2 1.7 10.5 10.5 10.6 0.098 0.072 0.085 
Mongolia 18.9 0 0.3 0.7  5.1 5.1 5.1 0.026 0.060 0.043 
Montenegro 10.8 0 3.9 23.0  10.9 10.4 10.6 0.009 0.060 0.034 
Morocco 54.4 0 8.4 0 16.2 13.5 41.2 40.7 40.7* 0.243 0.574 0.409 
Mozambique Y 100.0 0 0 0  13.8 13.8 13.8* 0.071 0.087 0.079 
Myanma r Y 106.2 0.6 3.6 0.6  na 8.6 8.6 0.166 0.050 0.108 
Namibia 40.4 0 1.4 21.4 37.5  9.3 8.6 8.5 0.066 0.095 0.081 
Nepal Y 41.5 0 0.9 0  14.5 13.9 13.8 0.022 0.108 0.065 
New Zealand 6.1 0.2 8.7 53.6 0.5 0.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.277 0.423 1.350 
Nicaragua 43.5 0 0.6 0 6.0 5.3 11.0 10.6 10.9 0.188 0.095 0.141 
Niger Y 85.7 0 0 0  14.6 14.6 14.6 0.015 0.049 0.032 
Nigeria 150 0 0 0  15.5 15.5* 15.6 0.506 1.131 0.819 
Norway 135.2 66.7 8.0 28.0 46.4 30.6 55.8 53.2 51.3 0.096 0.747 0.422 
Oman 28.2 0 7.4 0  na 5.7 5.6 0.110 0.298 0.205 
Pakistan 95.5 0.2 0 0  17.0 15.5 15.4 0.547 0.595 0.571 
Panama 27.7 0.2 1.5 0.4 0.2 3.5 12.4 12.4 12.3 0.047 0.154 0.100 
Papua New Guinea 44.6 6.0 0.5 0  14.8* na 12.7 0.124 0.081 0.103 
Paraguay 33.1 0 0 0  10.3 10.0 10.0 0.529 0.099 0.314 
Peru 30.9 0 0 0  4.1 4.1* 4.0 0.455 0.447 0.451 
Philippines 35.1 0.6 0 0 13.3 9.2 8.7 9.8 9.9 0.468 0.718 0.593 
Qatar 26.2 0 5.6 0  8.1 5.5 5.4 0.003 0.265 0.090 
Russian Federation 11.1 22.9 3.0 3.0 3.2 14.3 13.3 12.2 1.272 4.028 2.652  
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(%) Average AG Trade Shares 
Average 
(%) NAVs Duties > 
3*AVG Duty 
Free SSG TRQ
2011 2012 2013 2011-2013 (%)
(% Share of TLs) Exports Imports Total 
Rwanda Y 74.0 0 0 3.2  19.5 19.9 19.6 0.023 0.026 0.024 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 108.6 0 0 0  16.5 16.5* 17.2 0.000 0.006 0.003 
Saint Lucia 114.7 0 0 0  16.5 16.5* 17.0   
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines 114.8 0 0 0  16.7 16.7* 17.1 0.003 0.010 0.006 
Samoa 26.7 3.4 0.7 0  na 14.5 14.8 0.001 0.009 0.005 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 16.1 9.0 1.4 0.1  4.8 6.2 6.0 0.366 2.222 1.295 
Senegal Y 29.8 0 0 0  14.6 14.6 14.6 0.055 0.155 0.105 
Sierra Leone Y 40.4 0 0 0  na 15.4 15.4*   
Singapore 24.9 3.8 3.3 4.1  0.2 1.4 1.4 0.951 1.289 1.121 
Solomon Islands Y 71.4 3.5 0.2 0  16.0 15.9 15.5 0.008 0.010 0.009 
South Africa 40.4 0 1.4 21.4 37.5 36.0 9.1 8.4 8.4 0.972 0.740 0.856 
Sri Lanka 50.0 2.5 0.0 0  26.3 25.7 25.7* 0.260 0.223 0.242 
Suriname 19.8 0 0 0.3  17.8 17.8* 18.4 0.010 0.024 0.017 
Swaziland 40.4 0 1.4 21.4 37.5  9.3 8.6 8.5   
Switzerland 52.6 77.3 8.4 22.7 36.8 17.5 43.5 33.6 35.7 0.947 1.268 1.108 
Chinese Taipei 16.9 6.8 4.2 24.6 5.4 6.0 16.6 16.4 16.0 0.244 1.160 0.702 
Tajikistan 11.3 3.1 0.9 0.5  11.2 10.8 10.6   
Tanzania Y 120 0 0 0  19.7 20.0 20.0 0.134 0.112 0.123 
Thailand 38.9 44.2 2.9 2.0 7.5 7.4 21.8 21.8* 29.9 2.599 1.131 1.865 
The FYR of Macedonia 13.4 9.6 6.9 33.1 0.0 13.5 13.0 12.9 0.066 0.088 0.077 
The Gambia Y 104.6 0 0 0  16.9 16.9 16.9 0.003 0.013 0.008 
Togo Y 80.0 0 0 0  14.6 14.6 14.6 0.026 0.023 0.024 
Tonga 19.1 0 0 0  11.7 11.5 11.0 0.001 0.006 0.003 
Trinidad and Tobago 89.9 0 0 5.5  18.2 18.2* 19.5 0.036 0.100 0.067 
Tunisia 116.0 0 0 0 4.7 4.7 32.7 33.0 33.0* 0.160 0.266 0.213 
Turkey 61.0 0 4.5 0.0  41.2 41.2* 42.4 1.596 1.351 1.474 
Uganda Y 77.5 0 0 0  19.6 19.9 20.0 0.126 0.076 0.101 
Ukraine 10.9 1.1 0.9 12.7 0.1 9.5 9.5 9.2 1.652 0.691 1.172 
United Arab Emirates 25.6 0 5.7 0  6.8 5.5 5.5 0.557 1.407 0.983 
United States of America 4.9 41.3 6.0 30.2 2.9 4.5 5.0 4.7 5.3 15.449 11.595 13.527 
Uruguay 34.0 0 0 0 0.1  10.2 9.8 9.9 0.575 0.131 0.353  
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(%) Average AG Trade Shares 
Average 
(%) NAVs Duties > 
3*AVG Duty 
Free SSG TRQ
2011 2012 2013 2011-2013 (%)
(% Share of TLs) Exports Imports Total 
Vanuatu Y 43.6 0 0.2 0.1  na 17.5 17.5* 0.005 0.007 0.006 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep of 55.8 0 0 0 30.7 22.5 15.0 16.8 16.8 0.003 0.863 0.434 
Viet Nam 19.1 0 2.0 8.7 1.1 17.0* 16.1 16.2 1.387 1.100 1.244 
Yemen Y 24.9 7.6 2.3 0  10.5 10.4 10.4 0.027 0.366 0.197 
Zambia Y 123.3 0 0 0  19.1 19.0 19.0 0.112 0.043 0.078 
Zimbabwe 141.1 2.3 0 1.3  23.6 23.4 23.4* 0.126 0.130 0.128 
Source: World Tariff Profiles, various issues; UN COMTRADE. 
 
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