Nontariff barriers

Any restriction, charge, or policy other than a tariff that limits access of imported goods. Examples of nontariff barriers include quantitative restrictions, mainly import quotas and embargoes; import licenses; exchange controls; some practices of state trading enterprises; and certain rules and regulations on health, safety, and sanitation. The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture requires that NTBs be converted to bound tariffs and tariffrate quotas and that sanitary and phytosanitary measures be based on sound science.

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