Common use of Import Duties Clause in Contracts

Import Duties. ‌ 1. State Parties shall progressively eliminate import duties or charges having equivalent effect on goods originating from the territory of any other State Party in accordance with their Schedules of Tariff Concessions contained in Annex 1 to this Protocol. 2. For products subject to liberalisation, State Parties shall not impose any new import duties or charges having equivalent effect on goods originating from the territory of any other State Party, except as provided for under this Protocol. 3. An import duty shall include any duty or charge of any kind imposed on or in connection with the importation of goods consigned from any State Party to a consignee in another State Party, including any form of surtax or surcharge, but shall not include any: a. charges equivalent to internal taxes imposed consistently with Article III(2) of GATT 1994 and its interpretative notes in respect of like or directly competitive or substitutable goods of the State Party or in respect of goods from which imported goods have been manufactured or produced in whole or in part; b. antidumping or countervailing duties imposed in accordance with Articles VI, and XVI of GATT 1994 and the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and Article 16 of this Protocol; c. duties or levies imposed in relation to safeguards, in accordance with Articles XIX of GATT 1994, the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Articles 17 and 18 of this Protocol; and d. other fees or charges imposed consistently with Article VIII of GATT 1994.

Import Duties. ‌ 1. State Parties shall progressively eliminate import duties or charges having equivalent effect on goods originating from the territory of any other State Party in accordance with their Schedules of Tariff Concessions contained in Annex 1 to this Protocol. 2. For products subject to liberalisation, State Parties shall not impose any new import duties or charges having equivalent effect on goods originating from the territory of any other State Party, except as provided for under this Protocol. 3. An import duty shall include any duty or charge of any kind imposed on or in connection with the importation of goods consigned from any State Party to a consignee in another State Party, including any form of surtax or surcharge, but shall not include any: a. (a) charges equivalent to internal taxes imposed consistently with Article III(2) of GATT 1994 and its interpretative notes in respect of like or directly competitive or substitutable goods of the State Party or in respect of goods from which imported goods have been manufactured or produced in whole or in part; b. (b) antidumping or countervailing duties imposed in accordance with Articles VI, and XVI of GATT 1994 and the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and Article 16 17 of this Protocol; c. (c) duties or levies imposed in relation to safeguards, in accordance with Articles XIX of GATT 1994, the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Articles 17 18 and 18 19 of this Protocol; and d. and (d) other fees or charges imposed consistently with Article VIII of GATT 1994.

Import Duties. ‌ 1. State Parties shall progressively eliminate import duties or charges having equivalent effect on goods originating from the territory of any other State Party in accordance with their Schedules of Tariff Concessions contained in Annex 1 to this Protocol. 2. For products subject to liberalisation, State Parties shall not impose any new import duties or charges having equivalent effect on goods originating from the territory of any other State Party, except as provided for under this Protocol. 3. An import duty shall include any duty or charge of any kind imposed on or in connection with the importation of goods consigned from any State Party to a consignee in another State Party, including any form of surtax or surcharge, but shall not include any: a. charges equivalent to internal taxes imposed consistently with Article III(2) of GATT 1994 and its interpretative notes in respect of like or directly competitive or substitutable goods of the State Party or in respect of goods from which imported goods have been manufactured or produced in whole or in part; b. antidumping or countervailing duties imposed in accordance with Articles VI, and XVI of GATT 1994 and the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and Article 16 of this Protocol; c. duties or levies imposed in relation to safeguards, in accordance with Articles XIX of GATT 1994, the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Articles 17 and 18 of this Protocol; and and d. other fees or charges imposed consistently with Article VIII of GATT 1994.