The Agricultural Market Access
Database (AMAD)* is a collection of data and information for
WTO members. It primarily consists of tariff schedules, tariff bindings,
country notifications, import quantities, applied tariff rates,
and other data useful in tariff analysis. Based in MS Access
and Excel, AMAD is a publicly available information tool for
the analysis of WTO market access issues in agriculture. The database
currently contains data for 50 countries, including documentation
and examples. AMAD results from a co-operative effort by Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada, EU CommissionAgriculture Directorate-General,
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Bank, United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and USDAEconomic
Research Service.
Data included
- Base and bound Most Favored Nation tariffs, including in-quota
and over-quota rates
- Base and bound tariff quota volumes
- Implementation period for tariff and tariff-rate quota (TRQ)
commitments
- Notified imports under TRQs
- Indication of SSG application
- Import volume and value by harmonized system line
- TRQ country allocations
- Applied MFN tariffs
- Supply/Utilisation data
- World reference prices
- World import unit values
- Exchange rates
- Primary product equivalent factors
- Current data for at least 1995-97
Data sources
- Most comprehensive collection of public data on WTO market access
- WTO tariff and TRQ schedules, with post UR modifications and
rectification
- WTO notifications of TRQ implementation
- UNCTAD TRAINS, UNSD COMTRADE, FAOstat, Eurostat
- Various national trade data where available
*Note: Clicking on the Agricultural Market Access
Database (AMAD) link above will exit you from the ERS website. You
may return to the ERS website by clicking the back button
on your internet browser.
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page updated: December 28, 2000
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