Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges

This paper assesses issues relating to tariffs and nontariff measures (NTMs) in relation to Russia's World Trade Organization (WTO) and Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) commitments. The analysis finds that full implementation of Russia's WTO...

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Main Authors:	Ferrantino, Michael J., Gillson, Ian, Schmidt, Gabriela
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	non-tariff measures tariffs trade standards non-tariff barriers NTBs NTMs
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26581327/russian-federation-world-trade-organization-eurasian-customs-union-tariff-non-tariff-policy-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24829

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spelling	okr-10986-248292021-04-23T14:04:27Z Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges Ferrantino, Michael J. Gillson, Ian Schmidt, Gabriela non-tariff measures tariffs trade standards non-tariff barriers NTBs NTMs This paper assesses issues relating to tariffs and nontariff measures (NTMs) in relation to Russia's World Trade Organization (WTO) and Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) commitments. The analysis finds that full implementation of Russia's WTO tariff schedule through 2020, would raise goods imports by about $3.5 billion (1.1 percent) compared to 2012, with estimates of welfare gains to Russian consumers equal to approximately $370 million. Russian exports to members of the ECU, primarily Kazakhstan, would increase by an estimated $194 million, measured against a 2008 baseline. The impact of NTMs in Russia and the ECU, though difficult to quantify, is potentially more important for the market than tariff changes, because of the significant divergence between the historical GOST standards and standards prevailing in most of Russia's trading partners. Formation of the ECU and its associated bodies in 2010 has tended to perpetuate regional methods of standard setting, and by extension NTM policies, that are closely aligned with older models. 2016-08-09T16:58:16Z 2016-08-09T16:58:16Z 2016-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26581327/russian-federation-world-trade-organization-eurasian-customs-union-tariff-non-tariff-policy-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24829 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7748 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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spellingShingle	non-tariff measures tariffs trade standards non-tariff barriers NTBs NTMs Ferrantino, Michael J. Gillson, Ian Schmidt, Gabriela Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges
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description	This paper assesses issues relating to tariffs and nontariff measures (NTMs) in relation to Russia's World Trade Organization (WTO) and Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) commitments. The analysis finds that full implementation of Russia's WTO tariff schedule through 2020, would raise goods imports by about $3.5 billion (1.1 percent) compared to 2012, with estimates of welfare gains to Russian consumers equal to approximately $370 million. Russian exports to members of the ECU, primarily Kazakhstan, would increase by an estimated $194 million, measured against a 2008 baseline. The impact of NTMs in Russia and the ECU, though difficult to quantify, is potentially more important for the market than tariff changes, because of the significant divergence between the historical GOST standards and standards prevailing in most of Russia's trading partners. Formation of the ECU and its associated bodies in 2010 has tended to perpetuate regional methods of standard setting, and by extension NTM policies, that are closely aligned with older models.
format	Working Paper
author	Ferrantino, Michael J. Gillson, Ian Schmidt, Gabriela
author_facet	Ferrantino, Michael J. Gillson, Ian Schmidt, Gabriela
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title	Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges
title_short	Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges
title_full	Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges
title_fullStr	Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges
title_sort	russian federation, the world trade organization, and the eurasian customs union : tariff and non-tariff policy challenges
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26581327/russian-federation-world-trade-organization-eurasian-customs-union-tariff-non-tariff-policy-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24829
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Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges

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