Trade Policy Review Body - Report to the TPRB from the Director-General on Trade-Related Developments (Mid-October 2011 to mid-May 2012)
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World Trade
Organization WT/TPR/OV/W/6
28 June 2012
(12-3431) Trade Policy Review Body
REPORT TO THE TPRB FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL ON TRADE-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS
(Mid-October 2011 to mid-May 2012)
SUMMARY
New trade restrictions continue to be implemented, and measures are accumulating …
There has been no slowdown in the imposition of new trade restrictions over the past seven months. Since mid-October 2011, 182 new measures that restrict or can potentially restrict or distort trade have been recorded, affecting around 0.9% of world imports. The main measures are trade remedy actions, tariff increases, import licences and customs controls. Over this period, fewer new export restrictions were introduced.
Trade restrictive measures
Type of restriction Mid-October 2010 to mid-October 2011 Mid-October 2010 to April 2011 May 2011 to mid-October 2011 Mid-October 2011 to mid-May 2012 Trade remedy 129 66 63 78 Border 126 78 48 72 Export 64 30 34 19 Ot