The Norwegian import regime for agriculture
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Working Paper, NUPI nr 684. NUPI, 2005Sammendrag
Norway maintains one of the highest levels of protection for agriculture in the OECD,
but the tariff structure is not so transparent due to the extensive use of specific tariffs, i.e. tariffs
expressed in NOK/kg or the like. In this paper, we use world market prices and Norwegian import
prices to calculate ad valorem equivalents of specific tariffs. This shows that 28% of the tariff lines in
agriculture are above 100%, and 10% are above 300%. The average of MFN applied tariffs is in the
range 73-103%, depending on the calculation method. Protection is somewhat lower (54-74%) for
goods exported by developing countries. While the Least Developed Countries have zero tariffs, other
developing countries obtain 10-15% tariff reductions under the GSP system of tariff preferences. Tariff
rate quotas provide some increase in market access. Protection of grains and feedstuff raises the forage
costs in agriculture, and especially feedstuffs are important in the exports of developing countries.
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