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Implications of COMTRADE Compilation Practices for Trade Barrier Analyses and Negotiations

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dc.contributor.authorYeats, Alexander J.
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T20:32:17Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T20:32:17Z
dc.date.issued2012-11
dc.description.abstractU.N. Commodity Trade (COMTRADE) statistics have major shortcomings for many analyses relating to tariffs and other trade barriers. The use of a cost-insurance-freight valuation base for these data results in an upward (sometimes severe) bias in the implied dutiable value of imports for countries that utilize free-on-board tariffs. This problem can be greatly exacerbated by the “general” trade system procedure used to compile the U.N. statistics, as opposed to the “special” trade practice used for the World Trade Organization Integrated Database. U.S. International Trade Commission statistics show that the combined effects of these biases can reach magnitudes that preclude the legitimate use of COMTRADE for many tariff-trade simulations or related trade negotiations.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/19083
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X
dc.identifier.other10.1093/wber/lhr053
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19083
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectcustoms
dc.subjectequilibrium
dc.subjectforeign trade
dc.subjectforeign trade zones
dc.subjectgeneral equilibrium
dc.subjectimport statistics
dc.subjectimports
dc.subjectinternational trade
dc.subjectinternational trade oommission
dc.subjectmultilateral trade negotiations
dc.subjecttariff changes
dc.subjecttariff line
dc.subjecttrade barrier
dc.subjecttrade barriers
dc.subjecttrade creation
dc.subjecttrade data
dc.subjecttrade models
dc.subjecttrade negotiations
dc.subjecttrade restrictions
dc.subjectworld trade
dc.titleImplications of COMTRADE Compilation Practices for Trade Barrier Analyses and Negotiationsen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.date.disclosure2014-05-22
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:31:01.389301Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhr053
okr.journal.nbpages539-555
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryUnited States
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Policy
okr.topicLaw and Development::Trade Law
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.topicTransport
okr.topicTransport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.volume26(3)
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