BARRIERS TO CONTROL IMPORTS INTO THEIR
COUNTRIES
HOW COUNTRIES USE TARIFF AND NON TARIFF
BARRIERS TO CONTROL IMPORTS INTO THEIR
COUNTRIES
PRESENTED BY:
REX TITUS
Taxes that affect the movement of goods across economic or political boundaries and can affect imports, exports or goods in transit. (Dibb et al.,2001).
Taxes that government imposes on commodities, one of the methods that governments used to control economic activity. It is a tax imposed on goods involved in International Trade. (Hill, 2005)
TARRIFS BARRIERS
T Y P E S O F TA R R I F S
Scientific Tarrif
Peril-Point Tarrif
Retaliatory Tarrif
A P P L I C AT I O N O F TA R R I F S
Ad Valorem
Specific
Compound
A wide range of rules, regulations and taxes that have an impact upon trade (Dibb et al. 2001).
Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) refer to restrictions that result from prohibitions, conditions, or specific market requirements that make importation or exportation of products difficult and/or costly.
NTBs also include unjustified and/or improper application of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) such as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and other technical barriers to Trade (TBT
Quotas
Import Licensing
Proportion restrictions of foreign to domestic goods ( local content requirements) Minimum import price limits Embargoes
Valuation Systems
Antidumoing practices
Tarrif Classifications
Documentation
Requirements
Fees
SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS
ON TRADE
CUSTOMS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRY
PROCEDURES
Standard disparities
Intergovernmental acceptances of testing methods and standards Packaging, labeling, and marking
Government procurement procedurers
Export Subsidies
Countervailing duties
Domestic assistance
programs
STANDARDS
GOVERNMENT
PARTCIPATION TRADE
Prior deposit subsidies