Profiles of Tariffs in Global Agricultural Markets
by Paul Gibson,
John Wainio, Daniel Whitley, and
Mary Bohman
Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER-796) 52 pp, January 2001
High protection for agricultural commodities in the form of tariffs continues to be the major factor restricting world trade. The large differences in average tariffs across countries make it possible for farmers in one country to benefit from tariff protection while farmers in other countries lose income because of lower prices resulting from those tariffs. This report provides the first comprehensive analysis of agricultural tariffs and tariff-rate quotas (limits on imported goods) across a large number of countries and commodities and finds that high average tariffs create barriers to markets for U.S. and other farmers.
Keywords: Market access, megatariffs, tariff profiles, over-quota tariffs, in-quota tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, World Trade Organization
In this publication...
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Frontmatter (Title page, Contents, Summary), Pdf file 258 kb
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Introduction, Pdf file 83 kb
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Why Tariffs Matter, Pdf file 39 kb
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Methodology for Deveoping Tariff Profiles, Pdf file 32 kb
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Tariff Profiles by Region and Commodity, Pdf file 129 kb
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Tariff Rate Quotas, Pdf file 49 kb
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Summing up Tariff Protection: OECD vs non-OECD, Pdf file 41 kb
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Comparison of Bound and Applied Tariffs, Pdf file 43 kb
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Tariff Escalation, Pdf file 36 kb
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Agricultural Tariff Schedules of the United States, EU, and Japan, Pdf file 58 kb
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Tariffs on Commodities of Export Interest to the United States, Pdf file 58 kb
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Conclusions, Pdf file 579 kb
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References, Pdf file 15 kb
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Appendix: Technical Details of AVE Calculations, Pdf file 28 kb
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Appendix Tables, Pdf file 51 kb
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Full Report, Pdf file 577 kb
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