WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/TPR/OV/8/Corr.11
19 November 2002
(02-6418)
Trade Policy Review Body
OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT
Annual Report by the Director-General
Corrigendum
Please replace Table 1 on page 5 (English only) with the attached.
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1 In English only.WT/TPR/OV/8/Corr.1
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Table 1
Scope of bindings, average and bound tariff rates on industrial products for selected WTO Members
Per cent and year
Share of bound linesAverage final bound
rateaAverage applied
tariff rateYear
North America
Canada 99.7 5.7 4.2 2002
United States 100.0b4.0 4.4 2001
Mexico 100.0 34.9 15.6 2001
Latin America
Argentina 100.0 31.8 13.4 2000
Brazil 100.0 29.6 13.8 2000
Chile 100.0 25.0 9.0 2000
Colombia 100.0 35.4 11.2 2000
Costa Rica 100.0 43.1 4.7 2000
Haiti 87.6 16.9 2.4 2001
Western Europe
EU (15) 100.0 4.0 4.1 2002
Switzerland 98.6 2.6 2.3 2000
Central and Eastern Europe
Czech Republic 100.0 4.2 4.3 2001
Slovak Republic 100.0 4.2 4.3 2001
Slovenia 100.0 23.7 9.5 2001
Middle East
Bahrain 72.6 35.0 7.7 2000
Asia
Bangladesh 0.9 50.0 21.9 1999/00
Brunei Darussalam 94.3 24.5 3.5 2000
Hong Kong, China 32.6 0.0 0.0 2001
India 68.2 36.2 31.0 2001/02
Japan 98.7 3.8 3.9 2002/03
Korea, Rep. of 90.6 9.4 7.5 2000
Maldives 100.0 38.5 21.1 2002
Malaysia 59.0 14.9 9.9 2001
Pakistan 36.5 36.0 20.1 2001/02
Singapore 63.6 6.3 0.0 2000
Oceania
Australia 95.5 11.6 4.7 2001/02
Africa
Cameroon 0.1 50.0 17.6 2000
Gabon 100.0 15.5 17.5 2000
Ghana 1.1 34.3 12.5 2000
Madagascar 18.6 25.5 6.1 2000
Mauritania 31.0 10.5 10.4 2001
Mauritius 4.2 18.6 19.8 2001
Mozambique 0.4 6.1 13.1 2000
South Africa 95.7 18.1 10.9 2002
a Data on current bound rates is often difficult to obtain due to imprecision in Schedules.
b Two lines applying to crude petroleum are unbound.
Note: Calculations are based on tariff schedules of the year mentioned in the fifth column using HS96 nomenclature (except for E U15, 
Japan and the Maldives where calculations are based on HS2002 nomenclature).
Only fully bound rates have been taken into consideration for calculations.
For countries with non- ad valorem  rates, AVEs have been used as available.  In case of unavailability, the  ad valorem  part is
used for compound and alternate rates.
Data in italics are from the Integrated Database (IDB).  Methodology in the IDB  differs from the one used in  the Trade Policy
Reviews. Mainly, the IDB computes indicators from tariffs at the HS 6-digit level, while the TPRs  do so from national tariff
lines, and AVEs and the  ad valorem  component of mixed and compound duties are not taken  into account in the averages
computed by the IDB.
Source : WTO Secretariat calculations, based on data provided by the Members.
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