Trade policy in CARICOM: overview of the main trade policy measures

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cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/G.591
cepal.docTypeLibros y documentos institucionales
cepal.idSade10217
cepal.physicalDescriptiontablas
cepal.regionalOfficePuerto España
cepal.topicEngTRADE POLICY AND TRADE AGREEMENTS
cepal.topicEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE
cepal.topicSpaPOLÍTICA COMERCIAL Y ACUERDOS COMERCIALES
cepal.topicSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
cepal.workareaEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INTEGRATION
cepal.workareaSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL E INTEGRACIÓN
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
dc.coverage.spatialEngCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCARIBE
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T15:13:53Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T15:13:53Z
dc.date.issued1999-12-30
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstractExecutive Summary This paper reviews trade policy regimes in CARICOM countries during the 1980s and 1990s. CARICOM trade policy regimes have undergone substantial changes in the 1990s reflecting the desire of the grouP's member countries to move away from inwardlooking to more outward-oriented growth and development. The growing recognition of the importance of export promotion policies led to the adoption of a programme for the Harmonization of Fiscal Incentives to Industry in 1993. All the CARICOM countries have introduced a series of export promotion measures, including fiscal incentive regimes and export financing schemes.Despite the policy of trade liberalization adopted by many countries and which, in general, has resulted in the reduction of tariffs, many CARICOM countries continue to apply additional trade charges, such as customs surcharges, stamp duty and discriminatory rates of consumption taxes. These taxes affect imports of non-CARICOM and CARICOM countries. Non-tariff barriers are also widely used in CARICOM countries. While some countries, notably Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, have removed non-tariff barriers on imports from CARICOM countries, others, such as Barbados and the OECS countries, still maintain an array of such measures. The number of policy measures of a restrictive nature still in operation in CARICOM point to the need for further trade liberalization. Indeed, it is argued that international and regional negotiations particularly those for the establishment of the FTAA, present a golden opportunity for the Caribbean countries to further liberalize their trade.
dc.formatTexto
dc.format.extent31 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/G.591
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/3249
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription31 p. : tabls.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spain
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngEXPORT PROMOTION
dc.subject.unbisEngEXPORT SUBSIDIES
dc.subject.unbisEngFOREIGN TRADE POLICY
dc.subject.unbisEngCARICOM
dc.subject.unbisSpaCARICOM
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOLITICA DEL COMERCIO EXTERIOR
dc.subject.unbisSpaPROMOCION DE LAS EXPORTACIONES
dc.subject.unbisSpaSUBSIDIOS A LAS EXPORTACIONES
dc.titleTrade policy in CARICOM: overview of the main trade policy measures
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