Table 5.1: Trade Control Measures Reported by Global Trade Alert, 2008-2011; Sorted by Formal versus Informal Process for Application/Administration PERCENTAGE OF IMPORT CONTROL MEASURES NUMBERS Import Control Support Measures - Export Export Measure for Formal Informal Formal and Support Restriction Domestic Country Process Process Informal Measures Measures Production Argentina 40 60 108 1 7 10 Indonesia 40 60 20 0 5 7 Ukraine 56 44 9 0 2 3 Thailand 60 40 5 1 1 0 Japan 64 36 11 8 1 7 67 33 46 7 10 11 United States of America 76 24 17 2 0 13 Mexico 85 15 13 0 0 0 Russian Federation 85 15 68 3 13 61 India 86 14 50 13 10 2 South Africa 90 10 20 0 0 4 Brazil 91 9 46 8 1 6 European Communities 94 6 32 4 1 1 Turkey 100 0 11 0 0 1 Viet Nam 100 0 8 1 3 0 Peru 100 0 7 0 0 0 Australia 100 0 6 0 0 7 Republic of 100 0 5 9 0 5 Notes: a. Countries listed are those with 5 or more import control measures listed in the source table. b. Data included are for measures coded i.e., or “Implemented” “Restrictive,” “amber” “red.” c. in this tabulation includes Trade Defense Measures and Tariff Measures. “Formal” d. in this tabulation includes Non-tariff measures (not otherwise specified), Technical barriers to trade, Sanitary and “Informal” phyto-sanitary measures, import quotas, and import bans. e. support measures for domestic production” includes Bail out / state aid measures, Public procurement, Local content “Other requirement and support for state-controlled companies. f. support measures” include Export subsidies and support for export finance. “Export g. restriction measures” includes Export taxes and quantitative restrictions on exports. “Export Source: Tabulated from Global Trade Alert data Country and Measure Type,” accessed of January 2012 “Implementing REFERENCES Acemoglu, Daron and James Robinson. 2012. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, Crown Publishers. Anderson, Kym, John Cockburn, and Will Martin. 2010. and Summary,” in Kym “Introduction Anderson, John Cockburn, and Will Martin, Editors, Agricultural Distortions, Inequality, and Poverty, World Bank. Available as an ebook at .
Table 5.1: Trade Control Measures Reported by Global Trade Alert, 2008-2011; Sorted by Formal versus Informal Process for Application/Administration PERCENTAGE OF IMPORT CONTROL MEASURES NUMBERS Country Formal Process Informal Process Import Control Measures - Formal and Informal Export Support Measures Export Restriction Measures Support Measure for Domestic Production Argentina 40 60 108 1 7 10 Indonesia 40 60 20 0 5 7 Ukraine 56 44 9 0 2 3 Thailand 60 40 5 1 1 0 Japan 64 36 11 8 1 7 67 33 46 7 10 11 United States of America 76 24 17 2 0 13 Mexico 85 15 13 0 0 0 Russian Federation 85 15 68 3 13 61 India 86 14 50 13 10 2 South Africa 90 10 20 0 0 4 Brazil 91 9 46 8 1 6 European Communities 94 6 32 4 1 1 Turkey 100 0 11 0 0 1 Viet Nam 100 0 8 1 3 0 Peru 100 0 7 0 0 0 Australia 100 0 6 0 0 7 Republic of 100 0 5 9 0 5 Notes: a. Countries listed are those with 5 or more import control measures listed in the source table. b. Data included are for “Implemented” measures coded “Restrictive,” i.e., “amber” or “red.” c. “Formal” in this tabulation includes Trade Defense Measures and Tariff Measures. d. “Informal” in this tabulation includes Non-tariff measures (not otherwise specified), Technical barriers to trade, Sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, import quotas, and import bans. e. “Other support measures for domestic production” includes Bail out / state aid measures, Public procurement, Local content requirement and support for state-controlled companies. f. “Export support measures” include Export subsidies and support for export finance. g. “Export restriction measures” includes Export taxes and quantitative restrictions on exports. Source: Tabulated from Global Trade Alert data “Implementing Country and Measure Type,” accessed of January 2012 REFERENCES Acemoglu, Daron and James Robinson. 2012. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, Crown Publishers. Anderson, Kym, John Cockburn, and Will Martin. 2010. “Introduction and Summary,” in Kym Anderson, John Cockburn, and Will Martin, Editors, Agricultural Distortions, Inequality, and Poverty, World Bank. Available as an ebook at .