TABLE 3. Uruguay Round tariff reduction profile by major industrial product groups: developed countries¹
Product category | Import value² (US$ billion) |
Duty free | Percentage of imports | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.1- 5% | 5.1-10% | 10.1-15% | 15.1-35% | Over 35% | |||||||||
A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | ||
Fish and fish products | 18.5 | 21 | 24 | 42 | 44 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Forest products³ | 40.6 | 50 | 85 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Textiles and clothing | 66.4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
Leather, rubber, footwear and travel goods | 31.7 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 29 | 47 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
Metals | 69.4 | 36 | 70 | 36 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Chemicals and photographic supplies | 61.0 | 13 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 40 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Transport equipment | 96.3 | 16 | 21 | 52 | 51 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Non-electrical machinery | 118.1 | 11 | 52 | 74 | 38 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical machinery | 86.0 | 5 | 30 | 54 | 55 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Mineral products and precious stones/metals | 72.9 | 59 | 81 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Manufactured articles NES | 76.1 | 15 | 49 | 38 | 37 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
All industrial products | 736.9 | 20 | 44 | 41 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Note: A = Pre Uruguay Round; B = Post 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).