TABLE 2. Uruguay Round tariff reductions in developed countries by major industrial product group¹
| Product category | Imports from all sources | Imports from developing countries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Import value² (US$ billion) |
Tariff pre-UR (%) |
Tariff post-UR (%) |
Reduction (%) |
Import value² (US$ billion) |
Tariff pre-UR (%) |
Tariff post-UR (%) |
Reduction (%) |
|
| Fish and fish products | 18.5 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 26 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 27 |
| Forest products³ | 40.6 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 69 | 11.5 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 63 |
| Textiles and clothing | 66.4 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 22 | 33.2 | 14.6 | 11.3 | 23 |
| Leather, rubber, footwear and travel goods | 31.7 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 18 | 12.2 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 19 |
| Metals | 69.4 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 62 | 24.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 67 |
| Chemicals and photographic supplies | 61.0 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 45 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 47 |
| Transport equipment | 96.3 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 23 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 18 |
| Non-electrical machinery | 118.1 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 60 | 9.8 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 66 |
| Electrical machinery | 86.0 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 47 | 19.2 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 48 |
| Mineral products and precious stones/metals | 72.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 52 | 22.2 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 69 |
| Manufactured articles NES | 76.1 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 56 | 10.9 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 52 |
| Industrial tropical products | 32.8 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 52 | 14.4 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 55 |
| Natural resource products | 80.2 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 34 | 33.4 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 33 |
| All industrial products | 736.9 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 40 | 169.7 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 37 |
Note: UR = Uruguay Round; NES = not elsewhere specified.
Tariffs are based on weighted averages on imports from all sources.
¹ Excluding petroleum products.
² Import data from 1990 or latest available year, and for all developed country participants in the Uruguay Round, excluding imports from free trade area partners (e.g. intra-European Union trade) and from contractural preferential arrangements.
³ Wood, pulp, paper and furniture.
Source: GATT (1994).