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Most Favored Nation Tariffs and U.S. Agricultural Trade

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  • Farris, Jarrad
  • Morgan, Stephen

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Using tariff data from the World Trade Organization (WTO), this report compares most favored nation (MFN) applied and bound tariff rates between the United States and more than 150 WTO trading partners for agricultural goods, focusing on comparisons across 10 different commodity groups. Results indicate that the United States imposes lower average agricultural MFN tariffs than more than 90 percent of trading partners. We observe significant levels of variation in agricultural MFN import tariffs across different commodity groups and trading partners. At the commodity level, the largest differences are in live animals and meat; beverages and tobacco; fruits and vegetables; coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices; and cereals and food preparations. Within a commodity group there are significant differences in regional and country-level tariff rates; however, trade agreements may provide a mechanism to improve market access for U.S. exporters. This analysis of MFN rates does not take trade agreements or preferential tariff policies into account; nor does it analyze the prevalence of nontariff measures, which can also represent large barriers to agricultural trade.

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  • Farris, Jarrad & Morgan, Stephen, 2026. "Most Favored Nation Tariffs and U.S. Agricultural Trade," Economic Information Bulletin 413079, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersib:413079
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.413079
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