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World Tariff Profiles 2024

August 4 , 2024 10 hrs 0 min 21 0
  • The 2024 World Tariff Profiles was published by the WTO, International Trade Centre (ITC), and UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
  • India was the second country after the US in initiating and imposing anti-dumping duties among World Trade Organisation (WTO).
  • Despite increasing the use of non-tariff measures in 2023, India’s average tariffs fell to 17 per cent from 18.1 per cent in 2022.
  • In 2023, India initiated 45 anti-dumping investigations and imposed duties in 14 cases.
  • But the US started 64 investigations and imposed additional duties in 14 cases.
  • India has a total of 133 anti-dumping measures affecting 418 products.
  • In 2022, India led WTO members with 29 anti-dumping investigations.
  • Average tariffs on non-agricultural imports dropped to 13.5 per cent in 2023 from 14.7 per cent in 2022.
  • Agricultural tariffs also fell to 39 per cent from 39.6 per cent.

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