Lok Sabha Question No. 1214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Trade Restrictive Measures
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1214 TO BE ANSWERED ON  11 th  FEBRUARY, 2019

## TRADE RESTRICTIVE MEASURES

## 1214. SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

Will  the  Minister  of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा ͨ णÏय  एवं  उɮयोग  मंğी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that G20 members including India and the US have applied as many as  39  new  trade  restrictive  measures  such  as  higher  duties  and  taxes  as  also  stricter customs procedures during seven months to mid May, 2018;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  also  true  that  the  trade  restrictive  measures  in  G20  economies  have doubled compared to the previous review period; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (d):    The  World  Trade  Organisation(WTO)  Report  on  G20  Trade  Measures  from  midOctober 2017  to  mid-May  2018    has  listed  39  new  trade  measures  applied  by  G20  countries. However,  the  report  for  the  preceding  period  of  mid-May,  2017  to  Mid-October,  2017  had reported only 16 measures. The details of the categories of these measures which includes those related to tariffs, duties and customs procedures is annexed to this reply.

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| Type of measure                 |   Mid-May 17 to mid-Oct 17 (5 months |   Mid-Oct 17 to mid-May 18 (7 months) |
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Import                          |                                   10 |                                    33 |
| - Tariff                        |                                    9 |                                    25 |
| - Customs procedures            |                                    1 |                                     5 |
| - Tax                           |                                    0 |                                     2 |
| - quantitative restriction(QRs) |                                    0 |                                     1 |
| - Other                         |                                    0 |                                     0 |
| Export                          |                                    3 |                                     4 |
| - Duties                        |                                    1 |                                     2 |
| quantitative restriction(QRs)   |                                    1 |                                     1 |
| - Other                         |                                    1 |                                     1 |
| Other                           |                                    3 |                                     2 |
| - Other a                       |                                    0 |                                     1 |
| - Local content                 |                                    3 |                                     1 |
| Total                           |                                   16 |                                    39 |

Source- WTO) Reports on G20 Trade Measures dated 04.07.2018

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