Exercise 2: Non-Tariff Measures, Trade

Remedies, and Rules of Origin

Product: Sports footwear (640411)

Exporting country: Viet Nam
Target markets: Germany and Republic of Korea
HOW TO ENTER A TARGET MARKET
NTMs AND OTHER MARKET ACCESS REQUIREMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

Go to www.intracen.org/marketanalysis and log in to your ITC Tools account on the upper right corner of
the page.

2. DATA AVAILABILITY

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

2.1. Find out the latest available year for different types of information for your two target markets: Germany
and Republic of Korea.

Hint: Go to “Support materials” and click on “Data availability”.  Use the tabs on top of the table to
navigate between different data types. Note down the last year for which data has been uploaded
on Market Access Map.

i. For trade remedies (…../2)

ii. For non-tariff measures (…../2)
 Latest available year
Type of data
“Germany” “Korea, Republic of”

Trade Remedies

Non-tariff measures

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.

4.1. Please fill in the table below for the tariff regimes you found for one of your selected target markets.

Hint: Go to “Quick search” and click on “Trade agreements and Rules of Origin”.  Select your target
market “as Importer”. Select your home country as partner (Partner:) to narrow the search.

i. Is there a trade agreement between Viet Nam and Korea? (….. /1)
ii. Are the rules of origin available? (….. /1)
iii. Are the certificates/forms available? (….. /1)

Are the certificates

Target market Trade agreement(s) Are the RoOs available?
/forms available?

Korea

4.2 How can you best define the GSP Countries Trade agreement? (….. /1)

Hint: Under the “Rules of Origin” subheader on the results page, find the document containing the text
of the agreement. Based on the first pages, summarize (a) the members of the agreement and
(b) the intent of the agreement.

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4.3. (If applicable) Under which condition is your product considered to originate from Viet Nam? (….. /1)

Hint: You can find specific regulations under respective trade agreements.

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5. IDENTIFY OTHER MARKET ACCESS REQUIREMENTS IN MACMAP

5.1. i. Does “Germany” apply non-tariff measures (NTMs) to your product? (….. /1)

Hint: Go to “Quick search” and click on “Find non-tariff measures”.  Select “Non-tariff measure
category” (View results by:). Specify that you are looking for NTMs “applied to imports” and enter
your target market (Reporter:*). Select Viet Nam as partner and your HS6 product.

Circle your answer.

Yes or No

ii. If yes, what kinds of NTMs did you find? (….. /1)

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5.2. i. Does “Japan” apply non-tariff measures to your product? (….. /1)

Yes or No

ii. If yes, what kinds of NTMs did you find? (…../1)

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5.3 In case, one of your target market applies a NTM to your product imported from Viet Nam, choose one
of these regulations (we suggest you a SPS or TBT regulation) and provide the complementary information
below. (….. /4)

Hint: Click again on the measure(s) above.  You will see a list of sub-measures, such as SPS or
TBT. To obtain the details of each sub-measure, drill down through categories by clicking on the
name of the category again. “01.9999” as an end date means that the end data is not specified
in the regulation.

Which countries have to

comply with this measure

When did the measure enter

in force?

Which authority in ……….

implemented the measure?

Is an end date of the measure

known?

5.4. Does any of the two target markets impose Trade Remedies (Anti-dumping-, Countervailing- or
Safeguard measures)? (….. /1)

Yes or No

5.5. For another look at trade remedies, find the remedy imposed on Turkish imports of synthetic filaments
(HS-5501300010) by China. After finding the specific remedy, read the first page of the corresponding
document and briefly summarize below:

Hint: Go to “Find trade remedies, enter China as the importing country and Turkey as the exporting
country. Then, enter the above code as the National tariff line code and click “proceed.”

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5.6. What is the duty imposed by China on “All other exporters” from Turkey?

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6. ADDITIONAL PRACTICE: NON-TARIFF MEASURE IDENTIFICATION AND

INTERPRETATION

Product: Printed circuits (HS854239)

Exporting country: Viet Nam
Target market: Germany

7.1 How many non-tariff measures are applied on this product by the target market?

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Hint: After searching for the NTMs applied by Germany on this product, click on the “+” sign under the
“Details header for more information about each specific measure.

7.2 Read the summary of the labelling measure (requirement 3). Based on this, what information needs to
be on the label of your product before export to this market?

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7.3 Look over the summaries of the rest of the non-tariff measures imposed on this product. Based on your
reading, which measure(s) do you think would potentially be hardest for a company to adhere to?

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