In a bid to revigorate the agricultural sector and agriculture based industries, the Government banned imports of certain products allowed imports of others only during certain periods allowed imports of products needed by local industries and raised tariffs on imports of products.

This has been for example the case of imports of beef and groundnut products into the US and shoe imports into Japan.

Ninety per cent of goods and products are imported.17

Where trade regimes have not differentiated between essential and non essential imports, the tendency has been for imports of consumer goods to rise faster than those of intermediate and capital goods.

Close coordination and cooperation also exist between the supplier and the producer in the importing country where the product is re processed.

7170 Single channel for sensitive product categories

Therefore, export losses should be estimated net of the value of redirected exports and net of the cost of imports that the affected country would have used to produce the corresponding exports.

In particular, goods produced domestically and imported goods need to be seen as perfect substitutes.

The Customs authorities shall grant clearance of goods on the strength of the inspection certificate.

China is a net exporter of long products and a net importer of flat products.

(b) New exports

Moreoever, new special safeguard measures under the Agreement on Agriculture in the form of additional tariffs, which can be imposed in certain cases of low import prices or surges in import volumes, are being used by some importing countries almost automatically, irrespective of whether imports really hurt domestic producers.

After obtaining crude oil import license, teapot refinery can import Oman crude oil and Russian crude oil, which have low sulfur content and improved petroleum products.

These are usually produced by manufacturers in the developed countries from imported raw material.

Most of the trade takes place in bright cans where the importer attaches its own label on the imported product.

Countries like ours that are net importers of oil have to produce more in order to export more and thereby to be able to import the same number of barrels of oil.

There is also a list of products which may not be imported in any quantity.

The Central African economy basically relies on exports of agricultural, mining and forestry products.

(b) New exports 8

Finally, with respect to point (iii), UNCTAD continues to cooperate with the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), the Swiss Import Promotion Programme and the International Trade Centre on promoting market access for biodiversity products.

Sanitary and phytosanitary regulations in major developed countries prevent the importation of such products as beef, chicken and other meat products, groundnuts and many food industry products from several developing countries with export potential.

26), the Government took steps to strengthen the agricultural sector, which included providing training to farmers and assisting them in marketing their produce.

For example, concerns by importers about impurities in cocoa butter or liquor from origin countries deter such exports.

Thus, for example, imports of processed agricultural products into the OECD grew by 5.4 per cent over the 1990s as against 2 per cent for unprocessed products.

In the absence of quality standards it was almost impossible to judge the quality of imported products.

Crude oil and other oil related products remained the main commodities exported.

So we don't have to worry about our products being sold, for example, for less money in places that are poor, and then they get re imported into the U.S. for example, with the drug industry.

The Import of Exports

The plants in the origin country were selected by the European distributor, and the quality of the products is checked on a continuous basis by the buying company.

According to the document, Israel justified the denial of permits on the grounds that the products did not meet the required standards, even if the same products were imported in Israel by an Israeli agent without any difficulty.

Major gaps in the liberalization of imports from least developed countries include the generally high tariffs on many sensitive agricultural products, as well as on agricultural imports that exceed tariff quotas and on several food industry products.46

However if someone wanted to import them they would need an import permit and thus they will need to specify the country of origin.

Taking all HIV cases together, the types of virus detected are distributed as follows

If this information is made available, however, it may become feasible to construct estimates of costs due to discriminatory practices such as the application of higher standards to imported goods as compared to domestic goods, more stringent regulation enforcement on imports, and the application of costly certification procedures for imports.

(c) The import of raw materials into the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and the export abroad of mainly perishable seasonal agricultural products must be allowed

Like all small countries, and tropical islands in particular, the Comoros depends for its exports on a small number of agricultural products and must, on the other hand, import almost all the consumer goods, petroleum products and raw materials which it needs.

The restrictions on importing medical goods are so extensive that they are unfeasible.

The decision to suspend supplies of this product meant that Cuba paid an additional 15 cents per kilogram on the 150 tonnes imported each year, representing an additional cost of 22,500.

If the Party decides not to consent to the import of a chemical or to consent to its import only under specified conditions, the Party is required to simultaneously prohibit, or make subject to the same condition, import of the chemical from any source and domestic production of the chemical for domestic use.

Rural women firmly underpin the national economy, absorbing the surplus of some agricultural commodities by using them in preference to imported commodities.

More advanced food industry products make up only 5 per cent of the agricultural exports of LDCs and 16.6 per cent of those of developing countries as a whole, against 32.5 per cent for developed countries.

Imports from developing countries are absent over wide ranges of food industry products and sometimes even for their major agricultural export products in individual major markets.

Cheap imports can drive out local producers, as is happening with the U.S. shrimp industry, which is threatened by cheap imported aquaculture shrimp from Asia and Latin America.

Yes, gas exports to the north have stopped, but exports of oil and oil products, agricultural raw materials and textiles are constantly growing.

Pursuant to this Act the agent responsible for the initial marketing (producer, importer) is required to verify that his goods conform to the relevant legal specifications and regulations.