Eliminating excessive tariffs on exports of least developed countries
By: Bernard Hoekman, Francis Ng, Marcelo Olarreaga.
Contributors: Ng, Francis.; Olarreaga, M.; World Bank. Development Research Group. Trade.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2604; Policy research working papers ;; 2604.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group. Trade
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Exports -- Developing countries.; Tariff -- Developing countries.; Duty free importation -- Developing countries.
Description: Average most-favored-nation tariffs in the "Quad" (Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States) have fallen to about 5 percent. But tariffs more than three times the average most-favored-nation duty are not uncommon in the Quad and have a disproportionate effect on exports of least developed countries. Giving the poorest countries duty-free access for peak-tariff products would increase their total annual exports by roughly $2.5 billion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 40).
"May 2001"--Cover.
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