Current Access Tariff Quotas

Current access tariff quotas in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, current access tariff quotas is: access opportunities to be opened for agricultural products where non-tariff measures have been converted into tariffs. The entries on trade policy are here. A formula was devised during the Uruguay Round negotiations whereby the level of access to be opened for a given product was determined through a comparison of the level of imports with consumption during the base period. Current access levels were adopted to ensure that imports represented at least 5% of domestic consumption applying in the Uruguay Round base period of 1986-88. See also Agreement on Agriculture and minimum access tariff quotas.[1]

Current access tariff quotasin the wold Encyclopedia

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Current access tariff quotas” entry (OAS)

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