Publication: Quantifying the Value of U.S. Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries
dc.contributor.author | Dean, Judith M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wainio, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-18T21:19:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-18T21:19:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | In recent debates, trade preference erosion has been viewed by some as damaging to developing countries, and by others as insignificant, except in a few cases. But little data have been available to back either view. The objective of this paper is to improve our measures of the size, utilization, and value of all U.S. nonreciprocal trade preference programs in order to shed light on this debate. Highly disaggregated data are used to quantify the margins, coverage, utilization, and value of agricultural and nonagricultural tariff preferences for all beneficiary countries in the U.S. regional programs and in the Generalized System of Preferences. Results show that U.S. regional tariff preference programs are generally characterized by high coverage of beneficiary countries'exports, high utilization by beneficiary countries, and low tariff preference margins (except on apparel). For 29 countries, the value of U.S. tariff preferences was 5 percent or more of 2003 dutiable exports to the United States, even after incorporating actual utilization. Most of this value is attributable to nonagricultural tariff preferences, and to apparel preferences in particular. These results suggest that preference erosion may be significant for more countries than many had thought. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/6951173/quantifying-value-tariff-preferences-developing-countries | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-3977 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8367 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3977 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL TRADE | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURE | |
dc.subject | APPAREL | |
dc.subject | APPAREL ACCOUNTS | |
dc.subject | APPAREL EXPORTS | |
dc.subject | APPAREL PREFERENCES | |
dc.subject | APPAREL PRODUCT | |
dc.subject | APPAREL PRODUCTS | |
dc.subject | APPAREL TRADE | |
dc.subject | AVERAGE TARIFF | |
dc.subject | BENEFICIARIES | |
dc.subject | CENTRAL AMERICAN | |
dc.subject | COMMISSIONERS | |
dc.subject | COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE | |
dc.subject | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | |
dc.subject | COVERAGE | |
dc.subject | CUSTOMS | |
dc.subject | CUSTOMS VALUE | |
dc.subject | EXPORTERS | |
dc.subject | EXPORTS | |
dc.subject | FREE ACCESS | |
dc.subject | FREE ENTRY | |
dc.subject | FREE TREATMENT | |
dc.subject | GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES | |
dc.subject | HIGH TARIFFS | |
dc.subject | IMPORT DATA | |
dc.subject | IMPORT QUOTAS | |
dc.subject | IMPORTS OF TEXTILES | |
dc.subject | INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL TRADE | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION | |
dc.subject | ITC | |
dc.subject | LDCS | |
dc.subject | LOW TARIFF | |
dc.subject | MARKET ACCESS | |
dc.subject | PERFECT SUBSTITUTES | |
dc.subject | PREFERENTIAL ACCESS | |
dc.subject | PREFERENTIAL TARIFF | |
dc.subject | PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT | |
dc.subject | PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS | |
dc.subject | PREFERENTIAL TRADE | |
dc.subject | PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS | |
dc.subject | PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT | |
dc.subject | PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS | |
dc.subject | QUOTA RATES | |
dc.subject | RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN | |
dc.subject | SAVINGS | |
dc.subject | SUGAR | |
dc.subject | TARIFF DATA | |
dc.subject | TARIFF EQUIVALENT | |
dc.subject | TARIFF LINES | |
dc.subject | TARIFF PREFERENCES | |
dc.subject | TARIFF-RATE QUOTA | |
dc.subject | TRADE ACT | |
dc.subject | TRADE AGREEMENTS | |
dc.subject | TRADE PARTNERSHIP | |
dc.subject | TRADE POLICY | |
dc.subject | TRADE PREFERENCES | |
dc.subject | TRADE PROMOTION | |
dc.subject | VALUE OF APPAREL | |
dc.subject | VALUE OF IMPORTS | |
dc.subject | WORLD MARKETS | |
dc.subject | WORLD PRICES | |
dc.subject | WORLD TRADE | |
dc.subject | WTO | |
dc.title | Quantifying the Value of U.S. Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.crossref.title | Quantifying The Value Of U.S. Tariff Preferences For Developing Countries | |
okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-04-10T09:41:35.763104Z | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/6951173/quantifying-value-tariff-preferences-developing-countries | |
okr.globalpractice | Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management | |
okr.globalpractice | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience | |
okr.globalpractice | Finance and Markets | |
okr.globalpractice | Trade and Competitiveness | |
okr.guid | 152951468130479034 | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-3977 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000016406_20060726161222 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 6951173 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS3977 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/07/26/000016406_20060726161222/Rendered/PDF/wps3977.pdf | en |
okr.topic | International Economics and Trade::Trade Policy | |
okr.topic | Economic Theory and Research | |
okr.topic | Agribusiness and Markets | |
okr.topic | Insurance and Risk Mitigation | |
okr.topic | International Economics and Trade::Free Trade | |
okr.topic | International Economics and Trade | |
okr.topic | Finance and Financial Sector Development | |
okr.topic | Macroeconomics and Economic Growth | |
okr.topic | Rural Development | |
okr.unit | Development Research Group (DECRG) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 | |
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relation.isSeriesOfPublication.latestForDiscovery | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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