Announcement
01 Jan 2013
According to the WTO Tariff Download Facility, during 2013 the authorities of Japan changed their GSP import tariffs at the 6-digit HS code level for a number of products. This entry consolidates all of the applied GSP tariff changes by the reporting country in the year in question. There may be further GTA entries covering some of the same tariff changes which the GTA team has separately reported in the database.
Source
Number of interventions
2
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
1 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
01 Jan 2013
Revocation date:
31 Dec 2015
Announced: 01 Jan 2013
Import tariff
During 2013, the government of Japan increased the average tariff rate of 8 six-digit HS code(s) when compared to the previous year available in the WTO Tariff Download Facility. The new tariffs only affect the GSP tariff regime.
The WTO Tariff Download Facility 'contains comprehensive information on Most- Favoured-Nation (MFN) applied and bound tariffs at the standard codes of the Harmonized System (HS) for all WTO Members. When available, it also provides data at the HS subheading level on non...
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Affected Sectors
211
315
316
Affected Products
160241
160242
160249
440810
440831
440839
440890
441881
441882
441883
441889
441891
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Implementation date
01 Jan 2013
Revocation date:
31 Dec 2015
Announced: 01 Jan 2013
Import tariff
During 2013, the government of Japan decreased the average tariff rate of 9 six-digit HS code(s) when compared to the previous year available in the WTO Tariff Download Facility. The new tariffs only affect the GSP tariff regime.
The WTO Tariff Download Facility 'contains comprehensive information on Most- Favoured-Nation (MFN) applied and bound tariffs at the standard codes of the Harmonized System (HS) for all WTO Members. When available, it also provides data at the HS subheading level on non...
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Affected Sectors
211
213
214
273
Affected Products
020312
020319
020322
020329
020649
080310
080390
200490
560790
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