ANNOUNCEMENT 04 Dec 2014

In December 2014, the members of Central American Common Market announced a change in import duties.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



WTO (2015) "REPORT TO THE TPRB FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL ON TRADE-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS (Mid-October 2014 to mid-May 2015)".
https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S009-DP.aspx?language=E&CatalogueIdList=133100,125531,117874,75733,38383,108573,94335,59703,87914,77232&CurrentCatalogueIdIndex=0&FullTextSearch=

Resoluci?n No. 356-2014 (COMIECO-LXX) http://www.sieca.int/Documentos/DocumentosMostrar.aspx?SegmentoId=2&DocumentoId=5140


Inception date: 16 Dec 2014 | Removal date: open ended

Import tariff

On 4 December 2014, the Central American Common Market via Resolución No. 356-2014 (COMIECO-LXX), announced the creation of 3 new tariff lines in the Central American Common tariff i.e."fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants (pasta de coco); preparations with a basis of tea" (HS 2008.19.20; 2101.20.10; 2101.20.90). The import tariff applicable on the new tariff lines was increased from 14% to 15%.
The members of the Central American Common Market (CACM) set different implementation dates in terms of this Resolution. Specifically,the implementation dates by CACM's members (in terms of Resolución No. 356-2014 COMIECO-LXX) are as follows:

  • El Salvador: 16 December 2014,
  • Guatemala: 31 December 2014,
  • Nicaragua: 20 March 2015,
  • Costa Rica: 22 May 2015,
  • Panama: Panama was given a wavier on this measure,
  • Honduras: No official information are made available.

The latter two countries were thus excluded from the list of implementing jurisdictions.

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