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Practical Exercise on MARKET ACCES MAP
We suggest you visit the “Glossary” “User Guide” “Methodology” “Useful Links” and “Data
Availability” (all located under the menu item “Reference Material”). In the Glossary you will
find a number of tariff terms explained. The Data Availability page explains how often the
data in Market Access Map is updated and the Useful Links page has links to other
information sources, for example on non-tariff barriers.
MODULE QUICK SEARCH – TARIFF SEARCH
61. Identify the tariff applied by the US to the selected product originating from the exporting
country.
Note: When you first enter the Market Access Map application, the Quick Search Tariff
Search module will be open. Next to the heading “Select Importing Country” type only the
first three letters of the country name i.e. “uni” in the selection box. Notice how those
countries starting with the letters “uni” appear in the drop-down menu box below. Select the
“United States” by clicking on it in the drop-down box. It will appear in full in the selection
box. If you simply type the full name of a country but forget to then select the match from the
drop-down menu, the database will not recognise what you have typed.
Practice using the HS code of the selected product at the most detailed level - the
national tariff line identified in question 4.
Note: The one for HS Level 6 is automatically pre-selected. Select instead the button for
“National Tariff Line Code”. Then type the name of your product into the product selection
box. Wait a few moments for the system to load the product nomenclature, and then click on
the matching product that appears in the drop-down menu box below.
Important: the HS code used for trade statistics and the HS code used for the tariff can be
different as the revision used in Trade Ma to harmonize all data is Rev 2002 whereas other
country can report their tariff in different revisions, including the most recent 2007 revision.
NTL
code
Trade Regime
Original tariff applied
by the US
Total Ad Valorem
Equivalent (estimated)
62. What is the lowest tariff applied by the US to the exporting country and the name of the
related trade regime
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