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Introduction 

• Information on tariffs in “Understanding the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ”
    
• Information on tariffs and market access for agriculture

  

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The mandate 

• The original mandate: GATT article XXVIII bis (GATT 1947)
    
• The Doha mandate: Paras. 16, 50, and 31 (iii)
    
• Mandate under the July Package, 1 August 2005. See agricultural market access in Annex A and non agricultural market access in Annex B.
    
• Schedules of market access commitments on goods by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Members
    
• There is no legally binding agreement that sets out the targets for tariff reductions. Instead, individual members of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ have listed their commitments to cut and bind tariffs on goods schedules that are part of the Uruguay Round Agreements. Additional commitments were made under the 1997 Information Technology Agreement.

  

  

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Get Tariff Data 

Data on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ members' tariffs are of two types:

• Bound rates (the ceiling rates as listed in members’ “schedules” or lists of commitments)
• Applied rates (the rates members currently charge, which can be lower than the bound rates).

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ tariff databases contain both bound and applied rates. Options for accessing and searching the databases can be found here.

See also:
> Goods schedules gateway
> Current situation of goods schedules
> The “Goods schedules and tariff data” section on each member's page

 

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Work on tariffs in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ 

• Negotiations under the Doha Agenda
  - Non-agricultural market access (NAMA)
  - Agricultural market access and tariff reduction methods
    
• Committee on Market Access
    
• Agriculture: notifications on current tariff quotas
    
• Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products

 

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Disputes 

Information on disputes and customs duties and tariffs in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Analytical Index.

  

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Statistics on tariffs/customs duties 

A central and user-friendly data portal to access a wide range of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ statistical indicators on international trade, tariffs, non-tariff measures and other indicators.

 

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