AreaChile

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date05/11/2015

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentTrade agreement, import tariffs

DescriptionBegan to phase-out import duties on Thai rice, with the entry into force of the Chile-Thailand Free Trade Agreement. Under the accord, Chile is to eliminate a 6 percent duty on semi/wholly milled and broken rice progressively over a five-year period, and a 6 percent tariff on paddy and husked rice over an eight-year span.