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Market Access Map
Making market access barriers transparent
Market Access Map is an interactive web-based analysis tool containing information on customs
tariffs and other market access measures applied by 187 importing countries to the products
exported by more than 239 countries and territories.
Market Access Map aims to enhance market transparency, to support international trade
promotion, and to facilitate the analysis of trade-related policy issues. It has been designed to
support exporters, importers, trade promoters, policy analysts and trade negotiators. It allows users
to analyze market access measures by geographic and/or sectoral aggregation. It also offers the
possibility of simulating tariff reductions applying various negotiation formulae.
The strengths of Market Access Map lie in its wide geographic coverage, taking into account
almost all regional and bilateral trade agreements, and in its rapid updating. 2009 data are
available for over 120 countries and 2008 data are available for 30 countries in total. The tool
provides ad valorem equivalents for bound tariffs and applied tariffs so to allow tariff comparison
across countries. Moreover the tool covers information on rules of origin for 80% of trade
arrangements currently in-force in the world.
Market Access Map includes:
• Applied and bound tariffs;
• Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) for all specific tariffs;
• Tariff quotas;
• Anti-dumping duties and other trade remedies;
• Certificates and rules of origin.
Market Access Map can help you to:
• Identify a tariff applied by any country to a product originating from a particular
country.
• Compare the tariff treatment of products exported by your country with the market
access conditions faced by your competitors in your target markets.
• Obtain by a single click all relevant material on rules of origin.
Or you can use its advanced features for the following analysis:
Coming Soon:
• Tariff aggregation at any sectoral and regional level
• Tariff reduction simulations, using various formulae
In 2011 Market Access Map will be replaced by a new integrated application offering comprehensive
solution for analysing market access measures worldwide, including tariffs, non-tariff measures
(compulsory regulations) and trade data. It is developed using advanced technologies, and is based
on broader set of databases. The application will include the enhanced version of all existing Market
Access Map functionalities, and additional features. The new application is currently being developed
by ITC, UNCTAD and the World Bank in close collaboration with the WTO and UNSD.
Thanks to financial contributions from ITC's Global Trust Fund and the World Bank, users in
developing countries and territories can register at www.intracen.org/marketanalysis to access
ITC’s market analysis tools free of charge. Users in developed countries and territories can
register to get a one-week free trial access or subscribe for a longer access.