Examples of using Average tariffs in English and their translations into Arabic
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The situation is still far from ideal as average tariffs of 19 per cent in Africa are higher than the 12 per cent average in the rest of the world.
Developed countries have 8 per cent of their tariffs at more than three times the national average, and average tariffs on intermediate and final products are five times the average tariffs on primary products.
Landlocked developing countries have increasingly been entering into regional preferential trade agreements resulting in reduced average tariffs achieved through unilateral measures and implementation of regional integration protocols.
lowering average tariffs from 62 percent to 15 percent, and eliminating all export subsidies by 2010.
Although average tariffs are relatively low in industrial products, there are some protected sectors of export interest to developing countries where tariff peaks
There have been important gains in market access in the past 15 years: 80% of developing countries' exports to developed countries are now tariff-free, while average tariffs are down overall.
of total developed country imports(by value and excluding arms) from developing countries and LDCs, admitted free of duties, and Indicator 39 on Average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products and textiles and clothing from developing countries.
Also, developing countries and the least developed countries faced 48 per cent higher trade-weighted average tariffs in the markets of the Quadrilateral Group of Industrialized Economies than in other countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development owing to the composition of their exports in relation to the tariff structure of developed countries.
Between 2000 and 2011, the average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agriculture and clothing- the main sectors of export interest to developing countries- were reduced only gradually, and still remain at around 8 per cent, compared to the average tariff of other industries which are at around 1 per cent.
Also, developing countries and LDCs faced 48 per cent higher trade-weighted average tariffs in the Quad markets than in other OECD countries owing to the composition of their exports in relation to the tariff structure of developed countries.
Despite the relatively low average tariffs in developed countries, tariff peaks and escalation persist in sectors of export interest to DCs, and DCs ' exports face higher average tariffs(3.9 per cent) than those faced by other developed countries(2.1 per cent).
UNCTAD is a member of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators and has contributed data and analysis to the update of the MDG indicators on market access, namely, indicator 38(proportion of total developed country imports from developing countries and least developed countries, admitted free of duty) and indicator 39(average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products and textiles and clothing from developing countries).
The average tariffs levied by developed countries on textiles decreased from 4.5 per cent in 1996 to 3.2 per cent in 2006 but the decrease in tariffs on clothing, a strategically important sector for many of the least developed countries, was much less: 8.1 per cent in 1996,
admitted free of duty) and indicator 8.7(average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products and textiles and clothing from developing countries).
with specified minima and maxima in terms of a specific duty, these duties will be reduced on average under the Uruguay Round from 17.6 to 14.1 per cent, while average tariffs on manufactured tobacco will be reduced from 69.5 to 37.6 per cent, including halving tariffs on cigars from 52 to 26 per cent, and a 36 per cent reduction of tariffs on pipe tobacco, from 117 to 74.9 per cent.
In the United States, unwrought zinc, except casting grade zinc, faced a tariff of 1.5 per cent, unchanged under the Uruguay Round, while casting grade zinc and zinc alloys both faced a 19 per cent duty, reduced to 3 per cent under the Uruguay Round; likewise tariffs on zinc bars, rods, profiles and wire will remain unchanged at 4.2 per cent, while the average tariffs on other semifabricates will be reduced from 4.0 to 2.9 per cent.
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Table 2 Developed countries ' average tariffs on imports of key products from developing countries, 1996-2004.
In contrast, transit costs paid by LLDCs are on average almost three times higher than these average tariffs.
Generally, developing countries that do not fall into the category of least developed countries continue to face higher average tariffs than least developed countries for their exports, including agriculture, textiles and clothing.