Under the new tariff arrangement, to be implemented by July 1, Thailand may export 1,816 tons of canned tuna annually duty-free to the EU. That's in addition to Thailand's preferential tariff-rate quota of 13,390 tons of canned tuna in the EU at 12 percent, compared to the EU's normal tariff of 24 percent for the product.
The agreement permits Thailand to export duty-free 1,410 tons of sardines.
The increased duty-free access was agreed to as compensation for the EU's inclusion of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta, and Cyprus in May 2004.
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