Implications of COMTRADE Compilation Practices for Trade Barrier Analyses and Negotiations

Implications of COMTRADE Compilation Practices for Trade Barrier Analyses and Negotiations

U.N. Commodity Trade (COMTRADE) statistics have major shortcomings for many analyses relating to tariffs and other trade barriers. The use of a cost-insurance-freight valuation base for these data results in an upward (sometimes severe) bias in the implied dutiable value of imports for countries tha...

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Main Author: Yeats, Alexander J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
Subjects:
customs
equilibrium
foreign trade
foreign trade zones
general equilibrium
import statistics
imports
international trade
international trade oommission
multilateral trade negotiations
tariff changes
tariff line
trade barrier
trade barriers
trade creation
trade data
trade models
trade negotiations
trade restrictions
world trade
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19083

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