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Submitted by: Avantika Sharma
Tariffication
Tariffication required countries to convert their existing
NTBs into tariff equivalents. These tariff equivalents are
established for the base period (1986-1988) and are
entered in the Country Schedules as the base rate of tariff.
Developing countries had the choice of offering tariff
bindings instead of establishing tariff equivalents.
It discourages future use of NTBs, subject to certain
exemptions. These exemptions are defined under the
Special Treatment provision that allows countries to claim
exemption from tariffication commitments for certain
sensitive products.
Tariff reduction
For developed countries, an unweighted average of 36
percent, subject to a minimum reduction of 15 percent in
each tariff line over a six year implementation period.
For developing countries the commitments are 24 percent
and 10 percent respectively, and the implementation period
extends to ten years.
For least-developed countries there were no reduction
commitments.
Special Safeguards provisions, that enable a country which
has used tariffication to apply additional tariffs to certain
specified commodities, where import prices are
particularly low, or where there is a sudden surge in
imports.