Interim Commission for the International Trade Organization General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

In many developing countries, total tax revenue is derived from three main sources domestic taxes on goods and services (sales and excise taxes), direct taxes (primarily on corporations), and, most important, taxes on foreign trade (import duties). But, as trade liberalization has lowered tariffs and duties, the share of trade taxes has declined, while other sources have not compensated for falling trade revenue.

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GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

The nature of the peak tariffs and their selective application would warrant complementing the existing tariff and trade data base with detailed national trade data specifying for each tariff line the trade flows under the various tariff regimes and rates applied.

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Application of the Interim Commission for the International Trade Organization General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for withdrawal from the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

ICITO GATT Interim Commission for the International Trade Organization General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

As a result of successive rounds of multilateral trade negotiations, as well as regional trade agreements and autonomous tariff reduction initiatives, tariffs are continuously being lowered.

In that view, the primary emphasis in regional integration is on trade liberalization, involving across the board removal of tariffs through the formation of a free trade area or customs union.

This should include individual trade flows by partner countries under the MFN, GSP and LDC rates, preferential trade within free trade agreements, customs unions or other preferential arrangements, trade under outward processing regimes, and autonomous tariff rates.

The continual decline of tariff rates as the result of eight GATT rounds of multilateral trade negotiations (MTNs) has increased the relative importance of NTBs both as protection and as regulatory trade instruments.

The continual decline of tariff rates as a result of eight multilateral trade negotiations has raised the relative importance of NTBs in terms of both protection and regulatory trade instruments.

6. Urges States to eliminate barriers to trade, including tariff peaks, high tariffs and non tariff barriers and measures which are not consistent with their obligations under the World Trade Organization agreements, taking into account the importance of the trade of fisheries products, particularly for developing countries

Urges States to eliminate barriers to trade, including tariff peaks, high tariffs and non tariff barriers and measures which are not consistent with their obligations under the World Trade Organization agreements, taking into account the importance of the trade of fisheries products, particularly for developing countries

(a) As tariff barriers decline, it is important to find other revenue sources in place of falling trade tax revenue since, in several African countries, such revenue remains a significant part of total revenue. During the transition to non trade sources of revenue, aid flows, aimed at replacing revenue shortfalls from trade liberalization, could be very useful

(b) The elimination of trade distorting policies, protectionist practices and non tariff barriers in international trade relations

(b) The elimination of trade distorting policies, protectionist practices and non tariff barriers in international trade relations

That, of course, did not happen, and Pakistan has at last changed its mind. What that implies is that trade with India will be conducted according to the same set of regulations and tariffs that govern other countries trade with Pakistan.

a The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade withdrew from the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund as from 31 December 1998.

Recognizing that trade in commodities is a fundamental component of international trade,

The Office of Aerospace has been actively encouraging as many countries as possible to sign the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (Aircraft Agreement) before becoming members of WTO.

This drop in revenues may be worsened by the amendments to the laws on free zones, value added tax and income tax adopted in 1997 and 1998, which together have eroded the tax base.

The basic principles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade World Trade Organization (GATT WTO) system are sound treat all nations outside one's national frontiers as being equal and treat all commodities that have entered one's territory on parity.

The clear expression of specific duties in ad valorem terms would substantially facilitate the evaluation of their incidence on prices and trade in the countries concerned and by their trading partners.

In order to do so, it would be necessary to identify the traded quantity prevailing before the introduction of the NTB.

Table 3 Tariff averages, pre and post Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (Percentage)

On the other hand, it was also recognized that the international trading system was now based on tariff only protection and that both export subsidies and import tariffs were being reduced.

Despite various preferential trade arrangements with its main trading partners, Africa's external trade continues to be hindered by a host of non tariff barriers and excessive market entry requirements that nullify the market access granted under preferential tariff regimes.

According to preliminary indications there seems to be little trade exceeding the tariff quota levels in agricultural and food industry products.

UNCTAD meeting on Coping with trade reforms a developing country perspective on the WTO tariff negotiations

UNCTAD meeting on Coping with trade reforms A developing country perspective on the WTO tariff negotiations

In the Republic of Armenia a system of customs value determination based upon the principles of the World Trade Organization is in place. (Paragraph 1.16)

His Government had submitted proposals on GATT Articles VIII and X emphasizing the merits of trade facilitation.

For example, the trader was not required to pay Jérôme taxes of 1,500 per container of sugar or batteries until Jérôme considered that the trader had received a sufficient amount in abatements in exchange for the two requisitioned vehicles.

Free trade, customs union, economic partnership or common market agreements

Jérôme compensated for the requisitioning by grating future Customs duty abatements to the trader.

Indeed, in the future, as tariffs become increasingly liberalized, we can expect even more attention to be given to other methods for increasing world trade such as trade facilitation.

This has led to a widespread belief that tariffs are no longer a major problem for international trade, nor for the trade of developing countries.

NWF apos s Senior Legislative Representative for International Affairs and its Trade and Environment Specialist were both active in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and participated in the process leading up to the founding of the World Trade Organization.

As other barriers to trade are removed by the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA), the expansion of joint venture investment and intraregional trade has become increasingly dependent on the abolition of tax obstacles to cross border activities.

Emphasis will be placed on trade facilitation to clarify and expand on the relevant aspects of articles V, VIII and X of the 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

32. A burden weighing on continued trade expansion is the continuing recourse to NTBs to trade, by both developed and developing countries alike.

Signing of agreements on investment protection and avoidance of double taxation would likely contribute to an increase in trade between the two countries, whose value in 1997 amounted to US 3 million.

To ensure harmonization of customs legislation and reduce the differences in the amounts of customs duties and indirect charges, and to adopt an agreed decision on unified principles for the conduct of customs controls in trade with one another