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Electronics and Electrical Equipment

Trade and Tariffs

This sector includes various electrical and electronic products, including batteries, power distribution equipment, and some consumer electronics. Electronics and instrumentations accounted for a little over 1 percent of total U.S. non-textile industrial good exports to Oman in 2003, totaling $3.8 million. The top three products, parts for microphones, AC motors, and accumulators for starting piston engines accounted for 27 percent of U.S. exports in this sector with trade totaling $1.03 million.

Oman applies a 5 percent tariff on all electronics and instrumentation imports.

Oman did not export any electronics and instrumentation products to the United States in 2003.

The United States applies tariffs from 0 to 15 percent on electronics and instrumentation products, with an average of 2.46 percent.

Tariff Elimination

The U.S.-Oman FTA will eliminate all industrial tariffs in the United States and Oman within 10 years of implementation. Tariffs will be phased out according to three tariff elimination categories: 1) immediate elimination, 2) equal cuts over 5 years, and 3) equal cuts over 10 years.

Currently, 35 percent of electronics and instrumentation products enter the United States duty-free. Upon implementation of the agreement 97 percent will receive immediate duty-free treatment. Tariffs on cathode ray tube and high-definition televisions will be phased out over the course of ten years.

Oman applies a 5 percent tariff on 100 percent of all imports of electronics and instrumentations from the United States. Upon implementation of the agreement, 100 percent will receive immediate duty-free treatment.


Download the Report

Click here to view a printable (.pdf) version of the Electronics and Electrical Equipment for the U.S.- Oman TPA.



Prepared by:

International Trade Administration
Manufacturing and Services
Office of Trade Policy Analysis

 


 
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