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Core Issues and Tariff Reduction of Timber Products in Non-Agricultural Market Access on WTO/DDA in Korea  

Lee, Seong Youn (Division of Forest Economics, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Jung, Byung-Heon (Division of Forest Economics, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Song, Young Gun (Division of Forest Economics, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Se Bin (Department of Forest Resources, Chungnam National University)
Kwak, Kyung Ho (Department of Forest Resources, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.97, no.4, 2008 , pp. 408-416 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was analyzed the changes of the tariff reduction for the timber products according to the modalities proposed by the chairman of Non-agriculture Market Access. The resulted data would be expected to be used for establishing the strategies for the WTO/DDA negotiation of Korea. As WTO/DDA negotiation was officially resumed in the early 2007. It was necessarily required to develop a strategy how to address debating core issues raised during the negotiation since 2006. For this purpose, major core issues and agenda were arranged and analyzed in this study. In Korea, the results of the analysis show that, in the position of developed members, the applicable tariff rates after the tariff reduction of sawnwood and veneer sheet was not different from that in 2007. However, in the position of developing members, the applicable tariff rate of sawnwood and veneer sheet was increased after the tariff reduction. The unbound tariff lines, wood-based panels such as plywood and medium-density fiberboard, the applicable tariff rate after the tariff reduction was analyzed to be reduced more than 50% in the position of developed members, and therefore is determined to be considerable influenced upon the applicable tariff rates. On the other hand, in the position of developing country the tariff rates after the tariff reduction was higher than that of the applicable tariff rates in 2007. Thus no changes of the tariff reduction by a negotiation agreement was analyzed to be happened.
Keywords
WTO; NAMA; tariff reduction; applicable tariff rates; timber products;
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