India: Effects of Tariffs and Nontariff Measures on U.S. ... - USITC

TABLE 6.3 <strong>India</strong>: Estimated tariff equivalents <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>n NTMs, 2005–07
Estimated ad valorem tariff
equivalent <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>n NTMs on
U.S. exports
Commodity groups containing food
<strong>and</strong> agricultural products
For identified
products
For GTAP
sector
Estimated ad valorem tariff equivalent
<strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>n NTMs on rest-<strong>of</strong>-world
exports
For identified
products
For GTAP
sector
Percent
Wheat ( a ) ( a ) 45.4 45.4
Cereal grains n.e.c. 260.6 150.5 85.8 77.4
Meat products n.e.c. 22.1 8.3 13.8 1.4
Dairy products 49.0 26.7 43.7 11.2
Beverages <strong>and</strong> tobacco products 199.2 75.1 199.7 20.0
Leather products 183.4 2.2 43.7 12.9
Average tariff equivalent 81.7 13.1 46.0 34.6
Source: Commission staff calculations.
Note: Averages for total calculated from Harmonized System six-digit subheading level data; “not elsewhere
classified” is denoted as “n.e.c.”
a Not applicable.
world are large although U.S. exports to <strong>India</strong> are zero. Using this narrowed list <strong>of</strong>
products, Commission staff then estimated the economic effects <strong>of</strong> removal <strong>of</strong> the <strong>India</strong>n
NTMs using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model, using 2007 trade data as
the baseline.
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