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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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Table 4. 54 NTM Types and NTM Affected Products, Thailand

Sector

NTM Type

Share %

Count

Animal

1 type

2.4

8

Animal

2 types

0.3

1

Animal

3+ types

84.8

285

Animal

No NTMs

12.5

42

Vegetable

1 type

0.3

1

Vegetable

2 types

2.8

10

Vegetable

3+ types

77.3

272

Vegetable

No NTMs

19.6

69

Food Products

1 type

1.0

2

Food Products

2 types

0.5

1

Food Products

3+ types

88.6

187

Food Products

No NTMs

10.0

21

Hides and Skins

No NTMs

100.0

69

Wood

1 type

34.5

81

Wood

2 type

1.3

3

Wood

No NTMs

64.3

151

Source: WITS

Table 4. 55 NTM Coverage and Frequency Ratios in Agricultural Products, Thailand

Code

Sector

CR

FR

Count

A

Animal

95.4

85.4

258

B

Animal

98.2

94.7

286

C

Animal

0.01

0.3

1

E

Animal

9.6

1.0

3

F

Animal

98.0

94.4

285

A

Vegetable

76.0

81.3

274

B

Vegetable

76.1

83.4

281

C

Vegetable

1.6

3.6

12

E

Vegetable

29.0

6.8

23

F

Vegetable

75.4

79.2

267

H

Vegetable

1.8

2.1

7

P

Vegetable

8.6

7.8

26

A

Food Products

59.2

85.2

179

B

Food Products

88.3

90.0

189

E

Food Products

7.2

3.8

8

F

Food Products

54.5

87.6

184

P

Food Products

28.2

9.8

20

A

Wood

22.5

10.7

25

B

Wood

8.1

25.3

59

E

Wood

0

1.3

3

Source: WITS

Note: A: Sanitary and phytosanitary measures, B: Technical barriers to trade, C: Pre-shipment inspection

and other formalities, F: Charges, taxes and other para-tariff measures, G: Finance Measures, P: Export

related measures

Trade agreements and cooperation

Other agreements or arrangements for cooperation are Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

(APEC) with "open regionalism" as objective but without the creation of a free trade area. APEC

aims unilateral targets for liberalization and improvement of the quality of customs procedures