Table 1.  Average Tariff Rates:  2000 – 2005

Sector	Year	Simple Average Tariff (%)	Trade-Weighted Average Tariff (%)
	2000	14.40	15.74
	2001	14.20	11.39
Agriculture	2002	12.18	10.26
	2003	11.04	10.32
	2004 – 2005	12.19	10.57
	2000	3.27	3.07
	2001	3.25	3.31
Mining	2002	2.84	2.91
	2003	2.84	2.91
	2004 – 2005	2.56	2.79
	2000	6.92	3.85
	2001	6.68	3.56
Manufacturing	2002	5.04	2.90
	2003	5.43	2.97
	2004 – 2005	5.60	3.12
	2000	7.96	4.95
	2001	7.70	4.24
Overall	2002	6.03	3.56
	2003	6.19	3.64
	2004 – 2005	6.49	3.79

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:  Tariffs were weighted using trade data for the year except for the 2003 – 2005 averages that were calculated using 2002 import levels as weights.

Due to higher tariffs for sensitive agriculture products, the average tariffs for the agriculture sector are significantly higher than the mining and manufacturing averages.  The tariffs for the agriculture sector currently range from 0% to 65%, for mining - 1% to 5%, and for manufacturing - 0% to 30%.   

 In terms of effective protection, however, the agriculture and manufacturing sectors benefit to the same degree.  Estimated effective rates of protection (EPR’s), which measure the extent to which the tariff structure increases a sector’s domestic value added above its free trade value added, are largely equal for said sectors (see Chart 2).