Practical Exercise on MARKET ACCESS MAP

TARIFFS AND OTHER MARKET ACCESS REQUIREMENTS

1. DATA AVAILABILITY

1.1. Select a product of interest: Men's or boys' shirts of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts,
T-shirts, singlets and other vests).

1.2. Provide an HS code for your product of interest:

4-digit HS: 6105 6-digit HS: 610510

1.3. Select two target markets for your product:

USA
Target market 1
France
Target market 2

Got to Market Access Map: www.intracen.org/marketanalysis or straight to www.macmap.org

1.4. Find out the latest available year for different types of information for your two target markets:

Latest available year

Type of data
Target market 1: USA Target market 2: France

MFN applied tariffs

Preferential tariffs 2020

Non-tariff measures 2018 2022

Trade Remedies

Tariff rate quotas 2021 2022

2. IDENTIFY TARIFF RATES IN YOUR TARGET MARKETS

2.1. Identify the tariffs applied by your target markets to your product at HS6 level imported from Viet Nam
and enter the information below:

Target Tariff regime (MFN, Name of the Applied Total ad valorem

Markets trade agreement or non- tariffs(as equivalent tariff, %
reciprocal preference scheme) reported) with
units

Target MFN 19.70% 19.70%

market 1:
USA
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N/A N/A
Trade agreement
2.2. Please fill in the table below on preferential market access and tariff advantage:
12% 12%
Hint: For specific tariffs, use the Ad valorem equivalent (AVE) to calculate the Tariff advantage. Please
compare the preferential
MFN tariffs (if available) to the MFN rate applicable in the same year.

Target market
Trade agreement: Is your country benefitting
- 9.6% Tariff
- 9.6%advantage:
from a preferential market
- GSP countries - 6%
access for this product in the Calculate
- 6% the difference
- Viet Nam specific target market? Answer between the MFN rate and the
Yes or No preferential rate (if it exists).

Target market 1: USA No

Target market 2: France Yes  12% - 9.6% = 2.4%

 12% - 6% = 6%

3. ANALYZE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND RULES OF ORIGIN

In order to benefit from possible tariff advantages (see previous questions), you have to comply with Rules
of Origin (RoO) and provide the necessary certificates and forms.

3.1. Please fill in the table below for the tariff regimes you found for your target markets.

Trade agreement(s) Are the RoOs available? Are the certificates

/forms abailable?

Target market No No
N/A
1: USA

 EU for GSP Yes Yes

Target market countries
2: France  ETA, EU-Viet
Nam

3.2. Have a look at the Rules of Origin documents and any certificates available. Try to find information on
the % of product parts that have to originate from your country in order to benefit from tariff advantage.

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4. IDENTIFY OTHER MARKET ACCESS REQUIREMENTS IN MACMAP

4.1. Does Target market 1 apply non-tariff measures to your product?

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Yes

4.2. If yes, what kinds of NTMs did you find?

B220 - Restricted use of certain substances

B310 - Labelling requirements

B600 - Product identity requirement

B700 - Product quality, safety or performance requirement

B820 - Testing requirement

B830 - Certification requirement

B850 - Traceability requirements

4.3. Does Target market 2 apply non-tariff measures to your product?

Yes

4.4. If yes, what kinds of NTMs did you find?

B310 - Labelling requirements

B700 - Product quality, safety or performance requirement

B820 - Testing requirement

B830 - Certification requirement

B840 - Inspection requirement

4.5. Analyse the TBT or SPS measures applied by the target markets.

Target market 1: Target market 2:

Which countries have

to comply with this
measure

When did the measure

enter in force?

Which authority in the

target market
implemented the
measure?

Is an end date of the

measure known?

4.6. Does any of the two target markets impose Trade Remedies (Anti-dumping-, Countervailing- or
Safeguard measures)?

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Yes or No