Non-Tariff Barrier Categories

Category 1:

Government participation in trade & restrictive practices tolerated by governments

For example:

  • 1.1. Export subsidies
  • 1.2. Government monopoly in export/import
  • 1.3. State subsidies, procurement, trading, state ownership
  • 1.4. Preference given to domestic bidders/suppliers
  • 1.5. Requirement for counter trade
  • 1.6. Domestic assistance programmes for companies
  • 1.7. Discriminatory or flawed government procurement policies
  • 1.8. Import bans
  • 1.9. Determination of eligibility of an exporting country by the importing country
  • 1.10. Determination of eligibility of an exporting establishment (firm, company) by the importing country
  • 1.11. Occupational safety and health regulation
  • 1.12. Multiplicity and Controls of Foreign exchange market
  • 1.13. "Buy national" policy
  • 1.14. Lack of coordination between government institutions
  • 1.15. Other

Category 2:

Customs and administrative entry procedures

For example:

  • 2.1. Government imposing antidumping duties
  • 2.2. Arbitrary customs classification
  • 2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin
  • 2.4. Import licensing
  • 2.5. Decreed customs surcharges
  • 2.6. Additional taxes and other charges
  • 2.7. International taxes and charges levied on imports and other tariff measures
  • 2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures
  • 2.9. Issues related to transit fees
  • 2.10. Inadequate or unreasonable customs procedures and charges
  • 2.11. Lack of control in Customs infrastructure
  • 2.12. Lack of capacity of Customs officers
  • 2.13. Issues related to Pre-Shipment Inspections
  • 2.14. Other

Category 3:

Technical barriers to trade (TBT)

For example:

Category 4:

Sanitary & phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures

For example:

Category 5:

Specific limitations

For example:

  • 5.1. Quantitative restrictions
  • 5.2. Exchange controls
  • 5.3. Export taxes
  • 5.4. Quotas
  • 5.5. Import licensing requirements
  • 5.6. Proportion restrictions of foreign to domestic goods (local content requirement)
  • 5.7. Minimum import price limits
  • 5.8. Embargoes
  • 5.9. Non-automatic licensing
  • 5.10. Prohibitions
  • 5.11. Quantitative safeguard measures
  • 5.12. Export restraint arrangements
  • 5.13. Other quantity control measures
  • 5.14. Restrictive licenses
  • 5.15. Other

Category 6:

Charges on imports

For example:

  • 6.1. Prior import deposits and subsidies
  • 6.2. Administrative fees
  • 6.3. Special supplementary duties
  • 6.4. Import credit discriminations
  • 6.5. Variable levies
  • 6.6. Border taxes
  • 6.7. Other

Category 7:

Other procedural problems

For example:

  • 7.1. Arbitrariness
  • 7.2. Discrimination
  • 7.3. Corruption
  • 7.4. Costly procedures
  • 7.5. Lengthy procedures
  • 7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)
  • 7.7. Complex variety of documentation required
  • 7.8. Consular and Immigration Issues
  • 7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure
  • 7.10. Other

Category 8:

Transport, Clearing and Forwarding

For example:

  • 8.1. Government Policy and regulations
  • 8.2. Administrative (Border Operating Hours, delays at border posts, etc.)
  • 8.3. Immigration requirements (Visa, travel permit)
  • 8.4. Transport related corruption
  • 8.5. Infrastructure (Air, Port, Rail, Road, Border Posts,)
  • 8.6. Vehicle standards
  • 8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees
  • 8.8. Issues related to transit

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