International Trade - Theory and Policy, 2010a

Cane sugar 1701.11.05
1.4606¢/kg less
0.020668¢/kg
for each degree
under 100
degrees but not
less than
0.943854¢/kg
Free
(A∗,AU,BH,CA,CL,E∗,IL,J,JO,MA,MX,OM,P,PE,SG)
Sports footwear:
tennis shoes,
basketball shoes, gym
shoes, training shoes
and the like: having
uppers of which over
50% of the external
surface area is leather
6404.11.20 10.5%
Free
(AU,BH,CA,CL,D,E,IL,J+,JO,MA,MX,OM,P,PE,R)
1.3% (SG)
Golf clubs 9506.31.00 4.4% Free (A,AU,BH,CA,CL,E,IL,J,JO,MA,MX,OM,P,PE,SG)
Wristwatches 9101.11.40
51¢ each +
6.25% on case
and strap +
5.3% on battery
Free
(AU,BH,CA,CL,D,E,IL,J,J+,JO,MA,MX,OM,P,PE,R,SG)
Fax machines 8517.21.00 Free
Coffee, caffeinated 0901.21.00 Free
Tea, green tea,
flavored
0902.10.10 6.4% Free (A,AU,BH,CA,CL,E,IL,J,JO,MA,MX,OM,P,PE,SG)
The products presented in Table 1.3 "Selected Tariffs in the United States, 2009" were selected to demonstrate
several noteworthy features of U.S. trade policy. The WTO reports in the 2006 U.S. trade policy review
that most goods enter the United States either duty free or with very low tariffs. Coffee and fax machines
are two goods, shown above, representative of the many goods that enter duty free. The average MFN
tariff in the United States in 2002 was about 5 percent, although for agricultural goods the rate was
almost twice as high. About 7 percent of U.S. tariffs exceed 15 percent; these are mostly sensitive products
such as peanuts, dairy, footwear, textiles, and clothing. The trade-weighted average tariff in the United
States was only about 1.5 percent in 2003.
One interesting feature of the tariff schedule is the degree of specificity of the products in the HTS
schedule. Besides product type, categories are divided according to weight, size, or the time of year. Note
especially the description of ceramic tableware and bicycles.
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