Paper and Paper Products

• Trade and Tariffs
• Tariff Elimination

Trade and Tariffs

The paper and paper products sector is defined by the Uruguay Round sectoral initiative on paper. In 2003 Oman imported approximately $2.1 million worth of paper and paper products from the United States, which accounted for 0.6 percent of Oman’s total non-textile industrial imports from the U.S. Imports in this sector were led by uncoated handmade paper and paperboard, uncoated kraftliner, and pulp.

Oman either applies a duty of 5 percent on imports of paper products or allows the products to enter duty free. The average tariff for the paper and paper products sector is 4.21 percent.

The United States, as a party to the Uruguay Round zero-for-zero sectoral agreement on paper, applies duty-free treatment on a MFN basis to these products. The United States did not import any paper or paper products from Oman in 2003.

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.

100 percent of paper and paper products from the United States and Oman will be duty free immediately following the implementation of the agreement.

International Trade Administration
Manufacturing and Services
Office of Trade Policy Analysis