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TABLE 5.6 Hardwood plywood and flooring: ASEAN imports from selected markets, by value, 2004–08
% change,
Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004–08
thousand $
China 39,902 37,018 55,471 112,157 106,349 167
United States 22,556 33,073 43,354 54,346 52,487 133
EU-27 39,340 40,464 60,930 47,150 35,530 (10)
Japan 4,473 3,985 3,250 8,115 17,222 285
Subtotal 106,271 114,540 163,005 221,769 211,588 99
All other 144,232 156,677 187,046 230,848 275,822 91
Total 250,502 271,217 350,051 452,618 487,410 95
Source: WITS, Integrated Data Warehouse (accessed January 5, 2010).
Note: Data are based on ASEAN partner country exports because Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Phillipines,
and Vietnam do not report trade data in all years. All other export value excludes intra-ASEAN trade.
Tariff reductions within ASEAN have made its member countries more competitive in
each other’s markets relative to non-ASEAN imports. Before the implementation of the
Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme, plywood and flooring tariffs in
the ASEAN countries were as high as 40 percent—among the highest for any wood
products in the region. While MFN tariff rates applied to external trade remain high, the
CEPT scheme has effectively reduced tariffs on plywood and flooring for intra-ASEAN
trade to 5 percent or less, effective January 1, 2010. ASEAN has not yet harmonized
MFN tariff rates on non-ASEAN imports. Applied MFN tariffs for non-ASEAN
countries for most hardwood plywood and flooring categories range from zero in the case
of Singapore to a high of 35–40 percent for Malaysia and Laos (tables 5.7 and 5.8).
TABLE 5.7 ASEAN country tariffs for hardwood plywood, 2004, 2008, and 2010 (ad valorem percent)
ASEAN members 2004 2008 2010 a
Imports from
other ASEAN
countries
Imports from
non-ASEAN
countries (MFN)
Imports from
other ASEAN
countries
Imports from
non-ASEAN
countries (MFN)
Imports from
other ASEAN
countries
Brunei 5 20 0–5 20 0
Burma 10 15 5 15 5
Cambodia 15 15 5 15 5
Indonesia 0 10 0 10 0
Laos 20 40 5 40 5
Malaysia 5 25–40 5 25–40 0
Philippines 5 15 0–5 15 0–5
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 5 12.5 5 5 0
Vietnam 5 10 5 8 5
Source: Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area,
Consolidated Package of Tariff Reductions for 2008; Royal Malaysia Customs Department, HS-Explorer (accessed
April 10, 2010); World Trade Organization, Tariff Analysis Online (accessed April 2010).
a 2010 MFN rates for ASEAN imports from non-ASEAN countries are not available to USITC staff for every
ASEAN member country.
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