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than 1 January 2015, with flexibility allowing for import duties on some
sensitive products to be eliminated no later than 1 January 2018. The
tarff reducton schedule for senstve products s governed by the Protocol
on the Special Arrangement for Sensitive and Highly Sensitive Products;
however, all sensitive products will have final tariff rates of 0-5 per cent
by the deadlnes agreed for each country.
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Table 13.1 China's market access commitments on farm products
subject to TRQs
Share of SOE (%)
Quotas by year
2002 Terminating year
2002
2003
2004
2005
Wheat
90
90
8.468
9.052
9.636
--
Corn
71
60
5.850
6.525
7.200
--
Rice
50
50
1.995
2.328
2.660
--
Soybean oil
42
10
2.518
2.818
3.118
3.587
Palm oil
42
10
2.400
2.600
2.700
3.168
Rape-seed oil
42
10
0.879
1.019
1.127
1.243
Sugar
70
70
1.764
1.852
1.945
--
Wool
n.a.
n.a.
0.265
0.276
0.287
--
Cotton
33
33
0.819
0.856
0.894
--
In-quota tarff
Out-of-quota tarff
2002
2003
2004
2005
Wheat
1
71
68
65
--
Corn
1
71
68
65
--
Rce
1
74
71
65
--
Soybean oil
9
75
71.7
68.3
65
Palm oil
9
75
71.7
68.3
65
Rape-seed oil
9
75
71.7
68.3
65
Sugar
20
90
72
50
--
Wool
1
38
38
38
--
Cotton
1
54.4
47.2
40
--
n.a. there s no nformaton n the proposal
-- the TRQ regime was phased out in 2004
Source:
World Trade Organization, 2001.
Accession of the People's Republic of China,
decision of 10 November 2001
, World Trade Organization, Geneva.
