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Table 7.4
Tarff rate quotas and mports of major agrcultural
products, million metric tons
Commodity
Initial
Ultimate
In quota Out quota
1998
1999
2000
quota
quota
tarff rate
tarff rate
Wheat
7.884
9.636
1
65
1.55
0.45
0.88
Corn
5.175
7.200
1
65
0.25
0.07
Rice
3.325
5.320
1
65
0.26
0.17
0.24
63.3 9
Soybean oil
2.118
3.587
9
0.83
2.08
1.79
63.3 9
Palm oil
2.100
3.168
9
63.3 9
Rapeseed oil
0.739
1.243
9
20 15
71.6 50
Sugar
1.680
1.945
0.42
0.64
Wool
0.253
0.287
1
38
0.199
0.301
Cotton
61.6 40
0.781
0.894
1
0.21
0.05
0.05
Source: Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic of China, Schedule CLII;
National Bureau of Statistics, 2002. Statistical Yearbook of China 2001 , China Statistics
Press, Beijing.
Table 7.5
Nomnal rates of protecton (tarff or tarff equvalent) for
agricultural products in China, 1995-01
1995
1997
2001
Rice
-5
-5
-3
Wheat
25
17
12
Coarse grains
20
28
20
Vegetables & fruits
-10
-8
-4
Oilseeds
30
28
32
Sugar
44
42
40
Cotton
20
17
17
Meats
-20
-19
-15
Milk
30
30
30
Source: Anderson, Kym, Jikun Huang, and Ianchovichina, E., 2002b, Long-run impacts
of China's WTO accession on farm-nonfarm income inequality and rural poverty, Memo,
Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Adelaide, Table 6.
 
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