A Comparative Guide to the Chile-United States Free Trade Agreement and the
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Annex 3.1 -
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Staging Category |
Countries Using
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Staging Category |
Countries Using
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(a) Staging category A: immediate elimination
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Common | (a) Staging category A: immediate elimination; | Common |
(b) Staging category B: linear removal in 5 years; | Common | (b) Staging category B: linear removal in 4 years; | Common |
(c) Staging category C: linear removal in 10 years; | Common | (c) Staging category C: linear removal in 8 years; | Common |
(d) Staging category D: linear removal in 15 years; | Common | (d) Staging category D: linear removal in 10 years; | Common |
(e) Staging category E:
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Common | (e) Staging category E: linear removal in 12 years; | Common |
(f) Staging category F:
Duties remain at base rates through year 10. Years 11-20, linear removal in 10 years; |
Common | (f) Staging category F: continued duty-free treatment; | Common |
(g) Staging category G: continued duty-free treatment; | Common | (g) Staging category G:
Duty-free as of year 12; |
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(h) Staging category H: continued MFN treatment.
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Common
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(h) Staging category H:
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Common
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DR-CAFTA |
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Staging Category |
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Staging Category |
Countries Using |
(i) Staging category I: base rate
of duty shall reflect the HTSUS Column 1 Special Rates of Duty designated
under the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (“R”), in effect January 1,
2005. |
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(j) Staging category J: immediate removal in accordance with existing WTO duty-elimination commitments; | USA
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(j) Staging category J:
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(Not assigned) |
(k) Staging category K: Staging category K: duty-free (and without bond) as of year 1; | USA | (k) Staging category K: linear removal in 2 years; | USA |
(l) Staging category L: shall be subject to the staging obligations set out for the appropriate provision in Chapters 1 to 97 of the US schedule during the tariff elimination period until year 10, at which time such goods shall be free of duty; | USA |
(l) Staging category L:
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USA
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(m) Staging category M:
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CRI, DOM, GTM, HND, NIC, SLV | (m) Staging category M: shall be subject to the staging obligations set forth for the appropriate provision in Chapters 1 to 97 of the US schedule during the tariff elimination period until year 10, at which time such goods shall be free of duty; | USA
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(n) Staging category N: linear removal in 12 years; | CRI, DOM, GTM, HND, NIC, SLV | (n) Staging category N: duty-free (and without bond) as of entry into force; | USA
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(o) Staging category O (as applied by Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras):
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GTM, HND, SLV |
(o) Staging category O:
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USA |
(o) Staging category O (as applied by Dominican Republic):
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DR-CAFTA |
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Staging Category |
Countries Using
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Staging Category |
Countries Using |
(p) Staging category P:
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GTM, HND, NIC, SLV
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(p) Staging category P:
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CHL |
(q) Staging category Q:
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NIC, SLV | (q) | (Not assigned) |
(r) Staging category R:
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CRI | (r) | (Not assigned) |
(s) Staging category S:
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CRI
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(s) | (Not assigned) |
(t) Staging category T:
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CRI | (t) | (Not assigned) |
(u) Staging category U:
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CRI | (u) | (Not assigned) |
(v) Staging category V:
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CRI, DOM | (v) Staging category V:
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CHL |
(w) Staging category W: linear removal in 4 years; | DOM | ||
(x) Staging category X:
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(y) Staging category Y:
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DOM |
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(*) Additional staging categories for individual wine products |
1 “If this Agreement enters into force before January 1 of 2004, the rate of duty for such goods shall be reduced by 70 percent in year one and shall be duty free effective January 1 of year four.” |