Common NTBs— 5. Anticompetitive measures
Single-channel for imports Compulsory national service
Common NTBs— 6. Miscellaneous measures
Countervailing duties
1. 2. 3. ① ② ③ Three categories of subsidies: Prohibited (red light subsidies) Actionable (yellow subsidies) Non-actionable (green subsidies) assistance for research activities assistance to disadvantaged regions assistance to promote adaptation of existing facilities to new environmental requirements imposed by laws/regulations
Advance payment requirements Multiple exchange rates Restrictive official foreign exchange allocation Prohibition of foreign exchange allocation Bank authorization Surrender requirement(外汇上缴要求）
Common NTBs— 2.Price control measures
Administrative pricing Variable charges Anti-dumping or counter-vailing measures
Common NTBs— 3.Para-tariff measures
Customs surcharges Additional taxes and charges Internal taxes and charges levied on imports Decreed customs valuation
Common NTBs— 4.Finance control measure
Countervailing duties
Subsidy: 1. A financial contribution including direct transfer of funds (e.g.. loans, grants) , potential direct transfer of funds of liabilities (e.g.. loan guarantees); 2. By a government or any public organization within the territory of a member. 3. Confers a benefit
Duties for nations entitled to mostfavored-nation treatment (MFN) p76, p166
General duties
General duties are non-MFN tariffs, which are applied without MFN agreement.
Duties under general system of preference (GSP) P73
GSP program is based on 3 principals:
Generalized: to all goods of LDC countries Non-discriminatory: to all LDC countries Non-reciprocal: LDCs needn’t give same treatment in
Alternative methods: Non-market economies:
Non-tariff barriers (NTB) P88
The UN Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) designed a classification on NTBs during the early 1980s. Seven major categories:
Anti-dumping duties p78
According to ADP Agreement:
Determination of normal value (NV) General rule: when Foreign market P less than
sold in ordinary course of trade(eg.cost)
Anti-dumping duties p78
Dumping is a situation of international price discrimination where the price of a product when sold in the importing country is less than the price of that product in the market of the exporting country. Under Article 6 of GATT 1994:Measures canbetaken if WTO member can confirm: a) That dumping is occuring b) That the domestic industry producing the like product is suffering marterial injury or threat of material injury, and c) That there is a causal link between the two.
Forms of import duties
3. According to special purposes:-p77 1. Countervailing duties 2. Anti-dumping duties
Countervailing duties p77
A countervailing duties is a customs levy designed to offset the effect of government payments and other extraordinary economic benefits, generally refers to “subsidies”, granted to a foreign producers or exporters which distort competition in international trade.
---Refer to P88
Common NTBs– 1.Quantity control
measures

Non-automatic licence Quota (quantitative restrictions) Absolute quota Tariff rate quota Quantitative safeguard measures Prohibition Voluntary export restraints (VERs) P90
1. According to standard of different tariff rates 1. Preferential duties (eg. Within Commonwealth members; EU-ACP countries) 2. Duties under general system of preference (GSP) 3. Duties for nations entitled to mostfavored-nation treatment (MFN) 4. General duties

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Learning objectives
To learn about tariffs and its classifications To learn some of the non-tariff barriers To understand export promotion measures and reasons for export control
Forms of import duties
1. 2. 3. 4. 2. According to method of collection specific duty; ad valorem duty; Mixed or compound duty; Alternative duties.
Forms of import duties
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GSP program coverage:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Country eligibility criteria Product eligibility criteria Competitive need criteria Graduation policy Rules of origin—P74

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