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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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Brazil’s top 5 export product groups to the OIC countries are subject to average tariffs varying

between 9.9 percent (dairy products) and 20 percent (oils, fats, waxe) (Table 4.63).

Tables 4.64 and 4.65 show the place of NTMs in Brazil’s agricultural trade. In the former table,

NTM types and product shares and counts affected from NTMs are shown. Vegetables and food

products are the categories most highly protected by NTMs, while wood products are the least.

Around 75 percent of animal products and hides and skin imports are subject to NTMs.

Table 4. 64 NTM Types and NTM Affected Products, Brazil

Sector

NTM Type

Share %

Count

Animal

1 type

20.8

70

Animal

2 types

22.9

77

Animal

3+ types

31.0

104

Animal

No NTMs

25.3

85

Vegetable

1 type

6.8

24

Vegetable

2 types

1.4

5

Vegetable

3+ types

85.8

302

Vegetable

No NTMs

6.0

21

Food Products

1 type

4.3

9

Food Products

2 types

11.4

24

Food Products

3+ types

77.3

163

Food Products

No NTMs

7.1

15

Hides and Skins

1 type

33.3

23

Hides and Skins

2 types

31.9

22

Hides and Skins

3+ types

8.7

6

Hides and Skins

No NTMs

26.1

18

Wood

1 type

9.4

22

Wood

2 types

33.2

78

Wood

No NTMs

57.5

135

Source: WITS

All animal products’ imports are subject to NTMs in the form of sanitary and phyto sanitary

measures as well as technical barriers to trade in addition to their exports benefiting from

export related measures. The other NTMs are insignificant in animal products imports. For

vegetables, all imports are subject to phyto sanitary measures as well as technical barriers to

trade. Food products are also highly protected by those two types of NTMs in addition to two

third being protected by pre-shipment inspection and other formalities. Hides and skins are also

protected, the most liberal product category being wood products.

4.7. Conclusions and Lessons Learned

Several messages emerge from the case study analyses presented in this chapter. This

concluding section is devoted to a summary of these results and lessons. Table 4.66 presents a

summary of what is learned from the case studies presented above.