WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/MA/S/14 
25 January 2005 
 (05-0308) 
Negotiating Group on Market Access  
 
 
 
STATISTICAL INDICATORS RELATED TO UNBOUND TARIFF LINES 
 
Note by the Secretariat1 
  I. INTRODUCTION 
1. Following the request of the Negotiating Group on Market Access concerning the issue of 
unbound tariff lines, the Secretariat did some analysis on the tariff profiles of unbound tariff lines and on the issue of partial bindings.  The data are take n from the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) and 
the Integrated Database (IDB).  As the data in th e IDB does not cover all Members, applied rates from 
the IDB were supplemented with UNCTAD data for 20 Members.  
2. The product coverage is limited to non-agricultura l products, i.e. all products not included in 
the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. The definition of  HS subheadings considered as non-agricultural 
is given in Table 1 for the HS 1992, HS 1996 and HS 2002 nomenclatures.  This definition has been used regularly in applications a nd analysis using IDB or  CTS data.  HS Chapte rs 98 and 99, which are 
reserved for special uses of the Contracting Par ties to the HS Convention were excluded in the 
analysis.  
3. The document is structured in two parts.  In th e first part, the extent of the binding coverage 
and, in particular, the issue of partial binding at the level of HS 6-digit subheadings is analysed.  In the second part, the tariff profile of MFN applied rates is analysed for all unbound HS subheadings 
and its importance in terms of import flows is shown.  
II. BINDING COVERAGE 
4. Members have made commitments at different leve ls of detail in their tariff schedules.  At the 
most global level, there are commitments on ceili ng bindings that specify a certain rate for all 
products, sometimes supplemented with exceptions for rates that may be higher or lower than the 
general ceiling binding.  At the ne xt level, there are bindings that are expressed in terms of HS 
Chapters (2-digits), headings (4-d igits) or subheadings (6-digits).  In all these cases, one can easily 
establish the binding coverage as the percentage of su bheadings that are fully bound.  This is done by 
dividing the number of bound subheadings by the to tal number of standard HS subheadings.  This 
approach has been used in various documents and publications issued by the Secretariat since 2002, 
whenever those were based on the CTS database.  Table 2 gives an overview of the binding coverage 
for all Members based on the CTS.
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1 This document has been prepared  under the Secretariat's own res ponsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
 2 The CTS includes all WTO Members’ consolidated certified concessions on goods. In some cases, 
the most recent certifications may not yet have be en included; in some other cases, uncertified  rectifications, 
modifications and transpositions have already been included. These concern mostly HS 1996 transpositions .  TN/MA/S/14 
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 5. When binding commitments are made by Members at the tariff line level, i.e. more 
disaggregated than the HS subheadings, the situati on is more complicated.  If one or several tariff 
lines, falling under one subheading, are listed in a schedule as bound, one cannot know a priori whether the whole subheading is bound or not, without having a close look at the tariff line descriptions.  If the products covered in these ta riff lines cover all the products falling under the 
subheading, then the subheading is fully bound.  Ot herwise, the subheading is only partially bound.  
6. The CTS database was not designed to identify cl early and for all cases, whether subheadings 
are fully or only partially bound.  Therefore, the Se cretariat had to use the following approach for its 
calculation of the binding coverage.  Any HS subhead ing is considered bound if at least one tariff line 
within that subheading is bound.  Otherwise, the HS subheading is considered unbound  The 
calculated binding coverage refers  to the number of HS subheadings containing at least one bound 
tariff line divided by the respective total number of  HS subheadings of the corresponding version of 
the HS nomenclature for non-agricultural products.  Thus, there is a certain overestimation of the 
binding coverage for those Members with partially bound subheadings.  
7. With the establishment of the link between the CTS final bound tariffs and the IDB MFN 
applied tariffs, which always cover the whole pr oduct spectrum, it has been possible to identify 
precisely the number of subheadings which are only pa rtially bound.  Table 2 shows the number and 
percentage of partially bound subheadings for t hose Members for which a link has been established 
and which are not fully bound.  
8. As can be seen in Table 2 for the sample of  Members for which data are available, the 
occurrence of partial binding is quite widespread but  not very significant for most Members.  In most 
cases, the percentage of partially bound subheadings is  equal to or less than two per cent of all non- 
agricultural HS subheadings.  In only four out of the 34 Members shown in the table does one find a higher share, going up to seven per cent in the case of one Member.  
9. While this is not a complete picture of partia lly bound subheadings, this preliminary analysis 
shows that the share of those subheadings is very  low for most Members.  For some Members one 
may need to pay special attention if the binding cove rage is used as an indicator that may have some 
implications for negotiating modalities.  It would be  important to establish clear technical guidelines 
to ensure transparency in the calculation and application of technical indicators. 
Tariff profile of unbound tariff lines and corresponding import flows 
 
10. For the tariff profile of unbound tariff lines, one has to first establis h the tariff lines that 
should be considered as unbound.  For those Member s for which IDB/CTS linked files have already 
been established, all unbound tariff lines including those from partially bound subheadings have been 
taken into consideration.  For the other Members, only tariff lines from fully unbound subheadings have been taken into account.  
11. Table 3 shows for all Members, the binding coverage, the average bound duty, the average 
MFN applied duty for bound tariff lines and the average MFN applied duty for unbound tariff lines. 
The tariff averages are calculated on the basis of pre-aggregated HS 6-digit duty averages for bound 
and applied duties.  For the calculation of HS 6-digit duty averages, only ad valorem duties, including AVEs if supplied by the Member, are used.  Unb ound tariff lines have not been included in the 
calculation of bound duty tariff averages.  The numbe r of non-ad valorem HS subheadings is shown in 
Table 4.  It shows the incidence of non ad va lorem duties in applied and unbound tariff lines.  TN/MA/S/14 
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 12. Calculations referring to bound  data are done on the actual nomenclature of the concession 
schedule database itself.  However, for a few cas es in which the nomenclature used between the 
applied and the bound duty differs, a "rough upward c oncordance" from the former nomenclature to 
the more recent nomenclature was done at the HS subheading level, using the concordance table for 
the two nomenclatures.  Specifically, these cases re fer to Ecuador and SACU Members, where the 
concession schedules are in HS 1992 while MFN a pplied data for 2001 are in HS 1996.  Any 
subheading in HS 1996 is considered bound if in the HS 1992 to HS 1996 concordance table, at least one HS 1992 subheading in the con cession corresponds to it.  Otherwi se, the subheading is considered 
as unbound.  Subsequent calculations were carried out as described above. 
13. Table 5 shows a frequency distribution of the un bound MFN applied rates for different tariff 
rate ranges.  The distribution is shown for HS subhe ading averages and for the actual tariff line rates. 
In addition, for those Members for which import data are available, the imports falling under the 
respective duty ranges are shown as well. It has to  be kept in mind that some imports enter under 
preferential rates and do not face the sometimes very high MFN duties. 
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 Table 1  Definition of non-agricultural products in HS 1992, HS 1996 and HS 2002 
nomenclatures 
   
HS 1992 HS 1996 HS 2002 
Chapter 03, 
Headings  
05.09, 15.04, 16.03-16.05, Subheading  2301.20, Chapter 25 to Chapter 97  
except
 the following HS 
headings or subheadings: 2905.43 2905.44  
33.01 
35.01 to 35.05 3809.10  3823.60 41.01 to 41.03 
43.01 
50.01 to 50.03 51.01 to 51.03 52.01 to 52.03 53.01 
53.02 Chapter 03 and   
Headings  
05.09, 15.04, 16.03-16.05, Subheading  2301.20, Chapter 25 to Chapter 97  
except
 the following HS 
headings or subheadings: 2905.43 2905.44 2905.45 
33.01 
35.01 to 35.05 3809.10 38.23 3824.60 41.01 to 41.03 
43.01 
50.01 to 50.03 51.01 to 51.03 52.01 to 52.03 53.01 
53.02 Chapter 03 and   
Headings  
05.09, 15.04, 16.03-16.05, Subheading  2301.20, Chapter 25 to Chapter 97  
except
 the following HS 
headings or subheadings: 2905.43 2905.44 2905.45 
33.01 
35.01 to 35.05 3809.10 38.23 3824.60 41.01 to 41.03 
43.01 
50.01 to 50.03 51.01 to 51.03 52.01 to 52.03 53.01 
53.02 
 
Note: As a result of the HS 1996 changes, the subheading 3302.10 in the HS 1996 nomenclature contains 
both agriculture and non-agricultural products. Likewise, as a result of the HS 2002 changes, the 
subheadings 2939.11, 3822.00 and headings 41.01 to 41.03 in the HS 2002 nomenclature also contain 
both agricultural and non-agricultural products. As a wo rking definition and for sake of simplicity only, 
in this document (and also in all IDB software applications), the subheadings 2939.11, 3302.10 and 
3822.00 have been treated as non-agricultural products; on the other hand, headings 41.01 to 41.03 
continue to be treated as agricultural products in the HS 2002 nomenclature.  
  
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 Table 2  Full and partial binding of HS 6 digit subheadings for non-agricultural products  
(Includes only Members for which schedules are not fully bound and for which a link 
with the IDB has been established) 
 
Member Full 
binding Partial 
binding Unbound Full 
binding Partial 
binding Unbound
  Number of subheadings Per cent of all subheadings 
Australia 4240 41 154 95.6                0.9  3.5
Barbados 4329 107 97.6  2.4
Brunei Darussalam 4169 44 223 94.0                1.0  5.0
Cameroon 4 4432 0.1  99.9
Canada 4416 5 15 99.5                0.1  0.3
Cuba 877 26 3532 19.8                0.6  79.6
Dominica 4169 2 265 94.0                0.0  6.0
Georgia 4429 7 99.8                0.2  0.0
Grenada 4414 22 99.5                0.5  0.0
Hong Kong, China 1537 125 2774 34.6                2.8  62.5
Iceland 4167 12 257 93.9                0.3  5.8
India 3073 24 1339 69.3                0.5  30.2
Japan 4401 16 18 99.2                0.4  0.4
Jordan 4434 1 99.95  0.0
Kenya 70 1 4365 1.6                0.0  98.4
Korea, Republic of 4077 87 272 91.9                2.0  6.1
Macao, China 442 250 3744 10.0                5.6  84.4
Malawi 911 8 3517 20.5                0.2  79.3
Malaysia 3291 311 834 74.2                7.0  18.8
Mauritania 1333 1 3102 30.0                0.0  69.9
Mauritius 177 58 4200 4.0                1.3  94.7
Nepal + 4500 1 32 99.3                0.0  0.7
Pakistan 1638 2 2796 36.9                0.0  63.0
Philippines 2662 80 1693 60.0                1.8  38.2
Saint Lucia 4414 22 99.5  0.5
Singapore 2791 70 1575 62.9                1.6  35.5
Sri Lanka 1233 22 3181 27.8                0.5  71.7
Switzerland 4380 44 12 98.7                1.0  0.3
Taipei, Chinese 4430 6 99.9                0.1  0.0
Togo 37 1 4398 0.8                0.0  99.1
Uganda 128 4 4304 2.9                0.1  97.0
United States 4435 1 99.98  0.0
Zambia 177 3 4256 4.0                0.1  95.9
Zimbabwe 190 209 4037 4.3                4.7  91.0
 
Note: HS heading 2716.00 - electrical energy is an optiona l heading of the HS nomenclat ure and is not used by all 
Members.  For those cases, the total number of non-ag ricultural subheadings is 4435 rather than 4436.  
 
 + Commitments are in HS 2002 nomenclature. TN/MA/S/14 
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 Table 3  Some comparative indi cators for bound and unbound tariff lines 
  (MFN applied duties and imports refer to 2001 unless indicated otherwise) 
 
 Bound tariff lines Un bound tariff lines 
Member Binding 
coverage Final 
bound 
duties MFN 
applied 
duties Imports MFN applied 
duties Imports 
 in % Average Mill US $ Average Mill US $ 
Albania                                  100 6.6 7.2 ... - -
Angola                                   100 60.1  ... ...  - -
Antigua and Barbuda                      97.6 51.4 8.6 ... 21.3 ... 
Argentina                                100 31.8 15.3           19,020    - -
Armenia                                  100 7.5  ... ...  - -
Australia                                96.5 11.0 4.5           57,2923  7.1         697 
Bahrain                                  71 35.1 8.1 ... 5.7 ...
Bangladesh (1999)                          3 35.7 12.9 ... 22.0 ...
Barbados                                 97.6 73.0 9.2               878  31.2          12 
Belize *                                 97.7 51.5 9.0 ... 30.2 ...
Benin * 30.1 11.4  11.8 ... 11.7 ...
Bolivia                                  100 40.0 9.3 ...   - -
Botswana                                 96 15.8 5.2 ... 8.2 
Brazil                                   100 30.8 15.0           54,245    - -
Brunei Darussalam                        95 24.5 2.5 ... 13.7 ...
Bulgaria                                 100 23.0 10.1             4,593    - -
Burkina Faso *                          29.9 13.2 11.9 ... 11.6 ...
Burundi  (2003)                                  9.9 26.8 34.4 ... 20.6 ...
Cameroon                                 0.1 57.5 10.0 ... 17.5 ...
Canada  (2000)                                  99.7 5.3 4.4         213,698  12.6    10,061 
Central African Republic * 56.8 37.9 14.7 ... 21.1 ...
Chad *                                     0.3 75.4 25.0 ... 17.4 ...
Chile                                    100 25.0 7.9           14,716    - -
China                                    100 9.1 14.5         231,726    - -
Colombia                                 100 35.4 11.8           11,110    - -
Congo *                                    3.2 15.2 14.4 ... 17.6 ...
Costa Rica                               100 42.9 4.6             6,065    - -
Cote d'Ivoire * 22.9  8.6 11.2 ... 11.8 
Croatia                                  100 5.5 5.7             8,339    - -
Cuba                                     20.4 9.5 8.1             1,762  11.6      2,246 
Dem. Rep. of Congo         100 95.9  ... ...   - -
Djibouti                                 100 39.9  ... ...   - -
Dominica                                 94 50.0 7.3                 87  26.1          15 
Dominican Republic                       100 34.2 7.8 ...   - -
Ecuador                                  99.8  21.1 11.5             4,701  19.4            1 
Egypt                                    98.7 28.3 21.2 ... 16.6          84 
El Salvador                              100 35.7 6.6             3,142    - -
European Union         100 3.9 4.3         729,799    - -
Fiji (2004)                                     45 40.0 6.4 ... 7.8 ...
FYR of Macedonia    99 .98 6.2 11.7 ... 2.0 ... TN/MA/S/14 
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  Bound tariff lines Un bound tariff lines 
Member Binding 
coverage Final 
bound 
duties MFN 
applied 
duties Imports MFN applied 
duties Imports 
 in % Average Mill US $ Average Mill US $ 
Gabon                                    100 15.5  ... ...   - -
Gambia3                                   0.5 58.3  ... ...  ... ...
Georgia                                  100 6.5 10.3 ...   - -
Ghana                                    1.2 35.9 2.5                 38  12.6      1,829 
Grenada                                  100 50.0 9.2 ...   - -
Guatemala                                100 40.8  ... ...   - -
Guinea 3                                   29.6 10.0  ... ...  ... ...
Guinea-Bissau * 97.4 50.0 11.8 ... 8.6 ...
Guyana                                   100 50.0 9.6 ...   - -
Haiti                                    87.6 16.9  ... ...  ... ...
Honduras                                 100 32.6 6.5             2,241    - -
Hong Kong, China                         37.5 0.0 0.0         110,314  0.0    83,413 
Iceland (2000)                                  94.2 9.6 2.5             2,049  1.5         345 
India                                    69.8 34.3 28.7           29,131  34.4    18,457 
Indonesia                                96.1 35.6 6.6           25,143  10.6      1,582 
Israel (1999)                                  73 9.2 3.7 ... 5.2 ...
Jamaica                                  100 42.5  ... ...   - -
Japan                                    99.5 2.3 2.7         265,532 7.0    42,547 
Jordan                                   99.95 15.2 13.8             3,957  5.0 ...
Kenya                                    1.6 54.8 10.2 ... 16.7 ...
Korea, Republic of 93.7 10.2 7.3         104,641  9.6    28,127 
Kuwait                                   99.95 100.0  ... ...  ... ...
Kyrgyz Republic 99.9 6.7 4.6 ... 9.4 ...
Lesotho                                  100 60.0  ... ...   - -
Macao, China                             15.6 0.0 0.0               334  0.0      1,728 
Madagascar  *                              18.9 25.3 1.9 ... 5.0 ...
Malawi (2000)                                   20.7 42.4 6.9 ... 14.8 ...
Malaysia                                 81.2 14.9 8.6           61,417  5.8      6,410 
Maldives *                                 96.7 35.1 20.3 296 25.1            4 
Mali *                                       31.6 14.2 12.1 ... 11.5 ...
Mauritania                               30.1 10.5 11.1               228  10.0          77 
Mauritius                                5.3 19.5 9.2               126  19.5      1,575 
Mexico                                   100 34.9 17.1         156,428    - -
Moldova *                                 100 6.0 4.1 ... - -
Mongolia                                 100 17.3 6.9               516    - -
Morocco *                                  99 .98 39.2 28.1 ... 50.0 ...
Mozambique * 0.5 11.3 6.2 ... 13.4 ...
Myanmar *                                  4.7 22.3 3.4 ... 5.2 ...
Namibia                                  96 15.8 5.2 ... 8.2 ...
Nepal (2002) 99.3 23.7 13.4 ... 68.7 ...
New Zealand (1999)                           99.9 11.0 3.5           12,774  0.0            0 
Nicaragua                                100 41.5 4.1             1,468    - -
                                                      
 3 Data on applied duties are available in the IDB but in a different nomenclature than the one used in 
the CTS. Table 3 contd. TN/MA/S/14 
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  Bound tariff lines Un bound tariff lines 
Member Binding 
coverage Final 
bound 
duties MFN 
applied 
duties Imports MFN applied 
duties Imports 
 in % Average Mill US $ Average Mill US $ 
Niger *                                   96.3 38.1 11.7 ... 12.2 ...
Nigeria *                                  6.9 48.8 15.2 ... 25.9 ...
Norway                                   100 3.1 2.1           30,817    - -
Oman                                     100 11.6 5.0             4,323    - -
Pakistan                                 37.0 35.3 20.2 ... 19.7 
Panama 3                                   99.98 22.9  ... ...  ... ...
Papua New Guinea                         100 30.1  ... ...   - -
Paraguay                                 100 33.6 13.2             1,862    - -
Peru                                     100 30.0  ... ...   - -
Philippines                              61.8 23.4 6.3           19,604  7.7      9,010 
Qatar                                    100 14.5  ... ...   - -
Romania (1999)                                  99.98 31.6 16.2 9,650 20.0 0
Rwanda                                   100 91.8  ... ...   - -
Saint Kitts and Nevis * 97 .6 70.8 8.7 ... 11.6 ...
Saint Lucia                              99.5 53.9 7.8               230  37.6            1 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * 99.7 54.6 9.0 ... 11.1 ...
Senegal                                  100 30.0  ... ...   - -
Sierra Leone                             100 48.5  ... ...   - -
Singapore                                64.5 6.3 0.0           80,047  0.0    30,560 
Solomon Islands                          100 80.0  ... ...   - -
South Africa                             96.0 15.8 5.2 ... 8.2 ...
Sri Lanka                                28.3 19.3 6.8             1,979  6.6      2,690 
Suriname                                 15.1 17.0  ... ...  ... ...
Swaziland                                96.0 15.8 5.2 ... 8.2 ...
Switzerland                              99.7 -- --           77,580  --      1,468 
Taipei, Chinese                          100 4.8 6.4         100,260.6    - -
Tanzania (2003)                                0.1 120.0  11.7                   0  12.9      1,737 
Thailand *                                 70.9 24.2 15.3 ... 11.5 ...
Togo                                     0. 9 80.0 12.0                   2  11.7         244 
Trinidad and Tobago                      100 50.5  ... ...   - -
Tunisia  (2000)                                 51.1 40.6 24.9 ... 25.8 ...
Turkey                                   39.3 17.5 4.3 ... 6.2 ...
Uganda                                   3 50.8 6.9 ... 8.6 ...
 Table 3 contd.  TN/MA/S/14 
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 Table 3 contd. 
 
 Bound tariff lines Un bound tariff lines 
Member Binding 
coverage Final 
bound 
duties MFN 
applied 
duties Imports MFN applied 
duties Imports 
United Arab Emirates                     100 13.1  ... ...   - -
United States (2000)                           99.98 3.2 3.9      1,057,962  0.3    52,288 
Uruguay                                  100 31.3 14.0             2,672    - -
Venezuela                                100 33.9 12.1           14,505    - -
Zambia                                   4.1 42.7 5.1 ... 13.7 ...
Zimbabwe                                 9 11.0 14.7 ... 17.3 ...
 
Source:  CTS, IDB and ITC/UNCTAD (marked with *). Note:   Tariff averages are simple averages based on ad valorem  duties, including (for the US only) ad valorem  equivalents. The 
 incidence of non ad valorem  duties is shown in Table 4. 
... data not available - not applicable 
-- not applicable because tariff contains only non ad valorem  duties and duty free tariff items TN/MA/S/14 
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 Table 4    Members with non ad valorem  duties in their bound schedules or their applied tariffs   
   (Count of national tariff lines) 
 
Bound tariff lines Unbound tariff lines Member 
Bound Applied MFN Applied MFN 
Australia 5 8 0 
Bangladesh 0 0 8 
Barbados 0 24 0 
Belize * 0 9 0 
Brunei Darussalam 0 15 4 
Bulgaria 1 1 - 
Canada 22 18 0 
Central African Republic * 0 1 2 
Chad * 0 0 3 
China 0 64 - 
Congo * 0 1 2 
European Communities 39 41 - 
Fiji 0 27 168 
FYR of Macedonia 10 8 0 
Haiti 792 … … 
Iceland 1 0 0 
India 344 339 0 
Israel 564 399 559 
Japan 267 295 2 
Jordan 2 2 0 
Korea, Republic of 21 21 0 
Kyrgyz Republic 36 0 0 
Malawi 0 0 1 
Malaysia 9 10 2 
Maldives * 0 4 0 
Mauritius 0 0 2 
Mexico 1 3 - 
Moldova * 0 24 - 
Nepal 0 2 13 
New Zealand 237 229 0 
Norway 127 5 - 
Pakistan 0 0 11 
Papua New Guinea 4 0 - 
Saint Kitts and Nevis * 0 5 0 
Solomon Islands 51 0 0 
South Africa 0 1680 136 
Sri Lanka 16 1 0 
Suriname 1 … … 
Switzerland 5069 5039 0 
Taipei, Chinese 86 115 - 
Thailand * 692 8 21 
Turkey 0 23 54 
United States 375 645 2 
Zambia 0 0 40 
Zimbabwe 14 5 156 
 
Source: IDB, CTS and ITC/UNCTAD (marked with *). 
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 Table 5  Distribution of MFN applied duties for unbound tariff lines by duty ranges and 
their corresponding import flows 
    (MFN applied duties and imports refer to 2001 unless indicated otherwise) 
 
 Member Number of 
HS 6 digit 
subheadings 
  All un-
bound 
tariff 
lines  Duty 
Free  0    
<=   
5 5   
<=   
10 10 
<= 
15 15 
<= 
20 20 
<= 
30 30 
<= 
50 50 
<= 
100 GT 
100 Non 
Ad 
Valo-
rem4 
  TL: Number of national tariff lin es / Imp: Imports in Million US$ 
107 TL 153 36 8 7 13 15 54 20    Antigua and 
Barbuda   Imp ... 
TL 164 21 114 1 12  16     Australia 
  154 
  Imp 697 229 332 0 69  66     
TL 1860 94 696 1067  1     2 Bahrain 
  1408 
  Imp ... 
TL 5148 344 694 40 1235 38 1013 1776   8 Bangladesh 
(1999)  4305 
  Imp ... 
TL 163  42   22  83  16  Barbados 
  107 
  Imp 12  5   1  4  2  
TL 147 26 9   14  98    Belize * 
  102 
  Imp ... 
TL 3235 67 1226 716  1226      Benin * 
  3101 
  Imp ... 
TL 276 75 2 5 27 5 23 3   136 Botswana 
  173 
  Imp ... 
TL 272 85 31   126 1 7 12 6 4 Brunei 
Darussalam 223 
  Imp ... 
TL 3240 54 1263 711  1212      Burkina Faso * 
  3109 
  Imp ... 
TL 4163  1 1824 961   1368   9 Burundi 
 3998 
  Imp ... 
TL 4734 32 186 2359  609 1548     Cameroon 
  4430 
  Imp ... 
TL 18 7   2 2 7     Canada 
 15 
  Imp 10061 9788   0 0 273     
TL 2066 13 39 671  284 1057    2 Central 
African Rep. * 1916 
  Imp ... 
TL 4702 32 184 2346  606 1531    3 Chad * 
  4424 
  Imp ... 
TL 4564 22 156 2273  606 1505    2 Congo * 
  4296 
  Imp ... 
TL 3568 67 1338 748  1415      Cote d'Ivoire * 
  3420 
  Imp ... 
TL 3771 152 697 1424 1099 93 306     Cuba 
  3532 
  Imp 2246 369 277 590 732 52 227     
TL 416 47 30 17 50 132 3 95 11 31  Dominica 
  265 
  Imp 15 2 2 0 2 6 0 0 1 0  
TL 8    1 7      Ecuador 
  8 
  Imp 1    0 1      
                                                      
4 Includes only non ad valorem  duties without ad valorem  equivalent. TN/MA/S/14 
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  Member Number of 
HS 6 digit subheadings 
  All un-
bound 
tariff 
lines  Duty 
Free  0    
<=   
5 5   
<=   
10 10 
<= 
15 15 
<= 
20 20 
<= 
30 30 
<= 
50 50 
<= 
100 GT 
100 Non 
Ad 
Valo-
rem
4 
  TL: Number of national tariff lin es / Imp: Imports in Million US$ 
TL 67  22 1 9 14 6 3   12 Egypt 
  57 
  Imp 84  5 4  7 8 0   60 
TL 3003 118 1866 1 349  501    168 Fiji 
(2004) 2542 
  Imp ... 
TL 19  1 9          FYR of 
Macedonia  1 
  Imp ... 
TL ... Gambia 
    
  Imp ... 
TL 4643 559 165 2114  1783   6 7 9 Ghana 
  4381 
  Imp 1829 351 265 777  296   0 135 5 
TL ... Guinea 
    
  Imp ... 
TL 209 5 79 72  53      Guinea-Bissau 
*  116 
  Imp ... 
TL ... Haiti 
    
  Imp ... 
TL 3588 3588          Hong Kong, 
China  2774 
  Imp 83413 83413          
TL 370 324 3 42 1       Iceland (2000) 
 257 
  Imp 345 307 0 36 1       
TL 1339 8 9 9 8 8 77 1205  15  India 
  1339 
  Imp 18457 151 139 13194 123 0 338 4494  19  
TL 248 62 65 21 30 17 39 11 3   Indonesia 
  175 
  Imp 1582 567 374 7 340 9 268 14 5   
TL 1798 654 13 166 381 7 14  4  559 Israel (1999) 
 1197 
  Imp ... 
TL 30 17  6 5      2 Japan 
  18 
  Imp 42547 3604  214       38729 
TL 1  1          Jordan 
  1 
  Imp ... 
TL 5053 216 1191 2 1779 42 1383 440    Kenya 
  4364 
  Imp ... 
TL 653 11 41 466 29 106      Korea, 
Republic of  272 
  Imp 28127 304 22201 5136 150 336      
TL ... Kuwait 
    
  Imp ... 
TL 4 1  2  1      Kyrgyz 
Republic  4 
  Imp ... 
TL 4432 4432          
Macao, China 3744 
  Imp 1728 1728          
TL 4195 1471 1854 487 79 304      Madagascar * 
  3596 
  Imp ... 
TL 3792 90 1248 749  5 1699    1 Malawi (2000) 
 3517 
  Imp ... 
Malaysia 834 TL 2593 1889 144 88 43 51 187 46 74 69 2 Table 5 contd.  TN/MA/S/14 
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  Member Number of 
HS 6 digit subheadings 
  All un-
bound 
tariff 
lines  Duty 
Free  0    
<=   
5 5   
<=   
10 10 
<= 
15 15 
<= 
20 20 
<= 
30 30 
<= 
50 50 
<= 
100 GT 
100 Non 
Ad 
Valo-
rem
4 
  TL: Number of national tariff lin es / Imp: Imports in Million US$ 
    Imp 6410 3690 736 431 209 122 552 490 76 104 0 
TL 180  3 3 106  21 25 22   Maldives * 
 147 
  Imp 4  0 0 3  0 0 1   
TL 3168 67 1255 662  1184      Mali * 
  3035 
  Imp ... 
TL 3574 446 1379  439 1310      Mauritania 
  3099 
  Imp 77 21 20  16 20      
TL 4534 2573 75 123 340 85 167 326 843  2 Mauritius 
  4200 
  Imp 1575 1077 38 45 90 21 31 89 184  0 
TL 1       1     Morocco * 
  1 
  Imp ... 
TL 4495 115 1540 1408   1432     Mozambique * 
  4416 
  Imp ... 
TL 4526 122 2995 715 429 244 16 5    Myanmar * 
  4226 
  Imp ... 
TL 276 75 2 5 27 5 23 3   136 Namibia 
  173 
  Imp ... 
TL 47  1 2 2  4 4 21  13 Nepal (2002) 
 32 
  Imp ... 
TL 2 2           New Zealand 
(1999) 
 2 
  Imp 0 0           
TL 172  28 89  55      Niger * 
  166 
  Imp ... 
TL 4144 10  543 1206 377 809 1061 137 1  Nigeria * 
  4128 
  Imp ... 
TL 3030  304 1005  565 1100 2 16 27 11 Pakistan 
  2795 
  Imp ... 
TL ... Panama 
    
  Imp ... 
TL 1849 41 893 501 301 93 20     Philippines 
  1693 
  Imp 9010 204 5977 1529 924 252 126     
TL 1     1      Romania 
(1999) 1 
Imp 0     0      
TL 153 35 59 7 25  9 18    Saint Kitts and 
Nevis * 107 
  Imp ... 
TL 33 3      30    Saint Lucia 
  22 
  Imp 1       1     
TL 17 1 8   8      St. Vincent 
and the 
Grenadines * 14 
  Imp ... 
TL 1685 1685          Singapore 
  1575 
  Imp 30560 30560          
TL 276 75 2 5 27 5 23 3   136 South Africa 
  173 
  Imp ... 
TL 3810 1508 780 962 2  558     Sri Lanka 
  3181 
  Imp 2690 1354 434 557 2  343     Table 5 contd. TN/MA/S/14 
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  Member Number of 
HS 6 digit subheadings 
  All un-
bound 
tariff 
lines  Duty 
Free  0    
<=   
5 5   
<=   
10 10 
<= 
15 15 
<= 
20 20 
<= 
30 30 
<= 
50 50 
<= 
100 GT 
100 Non 
Ad 
Valo-
rem
4 
  TL: Number of national tariff lin es / Imp: Imports in Million US$ 
TL ... Suriname 
    
  Imp ... 
TL 276 75 2 5 27 5 23 3   136 Swaziland 
  173 
  Imp ... 
TL 24 2 4           Switzerland 
  12 
  Imp 1468 1468          
TL 4566 1596  423 958  1589     Tanzania 
(2003) 4430 
  Imp 1738 876  291 208  362     
TL 2139 66 792 354 86 530 154 108 28  21 Thailand * 
  1293 
  Imp ... 
TL 4642 68 1819 948  1807      Togo 
  4397 
  Imp 257 20 72 82  82      
TL 6607 964  31 22 1747 788 3055    Tunisia (2000) 
 2169 
  Imp ... 
TL 8910 1597 2908 2599 1181 86 59 270 156  54 Turkey 
  2693 
  Imp ... 
TL 4353 777  2059 1517       Uganda 
  4304 
  Imp ... 
TL 2  2          United States 
(2000) 1 
  Imp 52288  52288         
TL 5054 1078 735  1810  1391    40 Zambia 
  4256 
  Imp ... 
TL 4510 198 1366 581 496 312 708 510 182  157 Zimbabwe 
  4021 
  Imp ... 
 
Source: IDB and ITC/UNCTAD (marked with *). 
Note:  Includes ad valorem  duties and ad valorem  equivalents where available. 
...    data not available 
- not applicable 
 
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 Table 5 contd.