After Uruguay round, the tariff of aquatic products has been greatly reduced
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Last Update: 2001-11-26
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Introduction: China's aquatic trade plays an important role After the Uruguay round, the major marine fishing powers were forced to reduce tariffs and cancel non-tariff measures, which reduced the cost of international trade and friction in part, and promoted the development of international aquatic products trade in general After the Uruguay round, the average tariff of developed countries on fish and fishery products decreased by 26%, from 6.1% to 4.5%; that of developing countries by 27%, from 6.6% to 4.5% Of the 184 aquatic products imported by Japan, 16 are duty-free, and there is a trend of reducing the import tariff of aquatic products not produced by Japan On the contrary, Japan has taken protective measures for its aquatic products, but has made some concessions Overall, sardine imported 158 tariff reductions for aquatic products after the Uruguay round, including import tariffs of fresh frozen salmon, tuna and sardines and Frozen Salmon, flatfish and tuna from 5% to 3.5%; import duty of smoked salmon decreased from 15% to 10%; salmon, herring, sardine, tuna, mackerel, tinned fish and other seasoning The import tariff of canned fish is reduced from 15% to 9.6%; the import tariff of crab can is reduced from 7.5% to 5%; the import tariff of smoked shrimp and lobster is adjusted from 15% and 7.5% to 4.8% at present, the aquatic products with import tariff of 6% are still frozen cod, herring, Pollock, etc.; the import tariff of COD eggs and frozen sliced fish, cuttlefish and squid other than commercial cuttlefish are still maintained Maintain at 5% Among the 323 aquatic products imported from EU, 192 belong to high tariff aquatic products, which are mainly suitable for processed aquatic products At present, the EU has decided to reduce the import tariff of 91 aquatic products, 74 of which are suitable for high tariff aquatic products, so the rate of high tariff aquatic products has been reduced from 59.5% before the negotiation to 36.5% Some of the import tariff of aquatic products will be reduced because of the Limited import volume The import tariff of the Pollock, Alaska Pollack and Bluetooth cod decreased from 15% to 7.5%; the import tax on processed sardine and bonito dropped from 25% to 12.5%; as for the import duties of sensitive aquatic products such as tuna and herring, mackerel and salmon, which are not in the European Economic Zone, they remain unchanged Only a few of the 190 imported aquatic products imported from the United States use high tariffs Most fish, crustaceans and mollusks are allowed to be imported tax-free Fish, such as flatfish, flounder, sardine, fish, animal herring, can be charged 1.1 cents ad valorem duty per kilogram After the Uruguay round, only 3 of the 46 aquatic products imported from the United States were imported from the original high tariff aquatic products The ad valorem tax on fresh, frozen or frozen flounder and fresh, cold sardine, fish and herring was abolished The import duty of oil salmon can be reduced from 12.5% to 6%; the import duty of oil salmon can can be reduced from 8% to 4%; the import tariff of canned mackerel can be reduced from 4% to 4% 6% is reduced to 3%; the canned tilapia is adjusted from 6% to duty-free import In 1999, China's aquatic product exports ranked third after Thailand and Norway, and its imports ranked 11th in the world In 1999, $1.84 billion was gained from imports and exports of aquatic products, compared with $1.98 billion in 2000 In 2000, for the first time, the export of aquatic products ranked first in the export of major agricultural products It can be seen that the international trade of aquatic products in China plays an important role in the international trade of aquatic products In particular, the trade volume and trade volume of aquaculture products are in the forefront of the world (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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