Examples of using Tariff lines in English and their translations into Arabic
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UNCTAD estimates show that over half of developing country exports to developed countries could be restricted if 5 per cent of tariff lines were exempt from full tariff reduction.
At the World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting in December 2005, developed countries agreed to eliminate duties and quotas on imports from the Least Developed Countries accounted for by 97 per cent of each developed country ' s tariff lines.
The selection of products matters, as exports from the least developed countries are highly concentrated; 3 per cent of tariff lines represent 95 per cent of the value of high-income country imports from the least developed countries.
by when, and how to ensure that rules of origin are" transparent and simple". 3 per cent of tariff lines could affect a significant proportion of LDC exports.
A group of developing countries that called for these special and differential treatment measures(G33) proposed that 20 per cent of tariff lines be eligible for special products while others found this too high.
For instance, acceding least developed countries are now expected to bind all agricultural tariff lines at an average rate of 50 per cent, and 95 per cent of industrial tariff lines at an average rate of 35 per cent.
Concern over" real market access" and perceived uncertainty associated with the use of flexibilities has led to the introduction of an" anti-concentration" clause to prevent concentration of excluded tariff lines in a certain sector.
By broadening product coverage to 47,000 tariff lines and cutting applied tariffs by 20 per cent on 70 per cent of dutiable products,
Corresponding figures for large middle-income countries are 27.4 per cent for agricultural products and 13.1 per cent for manufactures, with coverage of 90.7 per cent of tariff lines.
It had contributed 35 per cent of its official development assistance(ODA) to the least developed countries in the previous year, and provided duty-free, quota-free market access for their products on 95 per cent of all tariff lines.
As regards SPs, an important agreement was reached at MC6 over the right to self-designate an appropriate number of tariff lines as SPs" guided by indicators based on food security, livelihood security and rural development".
quota-free coverage by 2015 for those countries that had not provided such treatment for 97 per cent of tariff lines.
Ministerial Decision ' s target for covering at least 97 per cent of tariff lines has been achieved in all but one developed country.
Some developed countries have raised concern that the flexibilities need to be limited to a given number of tariff lines and to a given proportion of imports, and thus should be
In the case of Arab countries, Bahrain, Egypt, Djibouti, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco and Oman have more than 80 per cent of their bound tariff lines falling into the lower two bands indicated in the G20 proposal, i.e. below 80 per cent.
In addition to sensitive products, developing countries would have flexibilities to designate as special products for special treatment, tariff lines that are essential for their food and livelihood security and rural development.
Some developing Members expressed concern that the tariff lines listed covered the majority of their exports, or covered critical exports to those markets
The list demonstrates that the preference erosion is significant, particularly for 19 tariff lines with the erosion of as high as 127 percentage points(sugar), without taking into account possible deeper cuts for tropical products.
Going home now would eliminate the economic good for consumers and producers that can be accomplished by lowering tariffs on the 85-90 percent of agricultural tariff lines that would be covered by the general tariff reductions.
Some 14 per cent of all MFN rates in the Quad countries(or 5,000 out of some 36,000 tariff lines in all four tariff schedules) exceed 12 per cent.
