Market access

The World Tariff Profiles is a joint publication of the WTO, ITC and UNCTAD devoted to market access for goods. This statistical yearbook contains a comprehensive compilation of the main tariff parameters for each of the 164 WTO members plus other countries and customs territories where data is available. Each tariff profile presents information on tariffs imposed by each economy on its imports complemented with an analysis of the market access conditions it faces in its major export markets.

Queremos dar las gracias a todas las instituciones que han suministrado datos incluyendo las notificationes en los cuadros del tema especial, sobre todo a las administraciones nacionales o las delegaciones ante la OMC que han facilitado toda esta información. En algunos casos, los datos se han publicado en sitios Web nacionales o a través de organizaciones regionales. Dada la enorme cantidad de datos y metadatos estadísticos que ha sido necesario procesar, y debido a que esa información no se encuentra en una única organización, la presente publicación sólo ha sido posible como esfuerzo conjunto de la OMC, el ITC y la UNCTAD. Cada una de estas tres organizaciones posee una reconocida experiencia en actividades de análisis arancelario y una destacada pericia en la materia.

The World Trade Report 2011 was prepared under the general direction of the Deputy Director-General Alejandro Jara and supervised by Patrick Low, Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division. The writing of this year’s report was coordinated by Nadia Rocha and Robert Teh. The principal authors of the Report were Marc Bacchetta, Cosimo Beverelli, John Hancock, Alexander Keck, Gaurav Nayyar, Coleman Nee, Roberta Piermartini, Nadia Rocha, Martin Roy, Michele Ruta, Robert Teh and Alan Yanovich. Other written contributions were provided by Marc Auboin, Manfred Elsig, Trudi Hartzenberg and Roy Santana. Special acknowledgment is owed to Richard Baldwin for his many suggestions and contributions to the report. Trade statistics information was provided by the Statistics Group of the Economic Research and Statistics Division, coordinated by Hubert Escaith, Julia de Verteuil, Andreas Maurer and Jurgen Richtering. Aishah Colautti assisted in the preparation of the graphical input and Paulette Planchette, assisted by Véronique Bernard, prepared the bibliography. Research assistance was provided by Hans Baumgarten, Pavel Chakraborty, Claudia Hofmann, Joelle Latina, Alen Mulabdic, Andreas Lendle, and Gianluca Orefice.