Trade & Tariff Profile Madagascar

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	INDIA : India’s Trade with the African Region notched US$ 38.96 Billion in the year 2009-10 (DGCI&S provisional figures) constituting 8.37% share in India’s total trade. Trade with the region has grown at a CAGR of 18.10% from US$ 4.48 Billion in 1996-97.	AFRICA : 54 Countries, 1 billion people, US$ 1.01 Billion of trade. Imports worth US$ 468 billion include Mineral Fuels, Oils, Machinery, Vehicles including Boats, Ships, Aircrafts, Electronics & Electricals, Iron & Steel & Articles thereof, Cereals, Plastics, Pharmaceuticals, etc. Top 20 product groups imported by select African countries ............. [More].

Trade & Tariff Profile of Madagascar

Tariffs applied byMadagascar, based on the data from 2009 , to products originating from India.

HS Code	Description	Tariff lines at the 8 digit HS Code level	Total applied ad valorem equivalent tariff (estimated)
1	Live animals	46	13.83%
2	Meat and edible meat offal	58	20.00%
3	Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	107	20.00%
4	Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	40	16.85%
5	Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	19	8.43%
6	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage	35	5.35%
7	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	62	20.00%
8	Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons	63	19.93%
9	Coffee, tea, maté and spices	50	20.00%
10	Cereals	17	5.16%
11	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	29	9.01%
12	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder	41	8.29%
13	Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts	13	5.23%
14	Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	11	5.00%
15	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	62	12.42%
16	Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates	33	20.00%
17	Sugars and sugar confectionery	24	7.57%
18	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	12	19.58%
19	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products	30	18.61%
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants	67	20.00%
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	27	16.60%
22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	42	20.00%
23	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	24	9.49%
24	Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes	11	10.36%
25	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement	76	7.49%
26	Ores, slag and ash	37	5.00%
27	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	57	0.21%
28	Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	178	5.00%
29	Organic chemicals	405	5.00%
30	Pharmaceutical products	34	0.00%
31	Fertilisers	23	0.00%
32	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks	55	8.32%
33	Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations	52	9.86%
34	Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis	38	19.07%
35	Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes	17	7.99%
36	Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations	11	18.60%
37	Photographic or cinematographic goods	37	10.15%
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	118	2.76%
39	Plastics and articles thereof	155	7.45%
40	Rubber and articles thereof	99	16.33%
41	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	101	7.97%
42	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)	51	20.00%
43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	12	20.00%
44	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	112	19.03%
45	Cork and articles of cork	11	15.68%
46	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork	22	20.00%
47	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard	21	5.00%
48	Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	116	11.06%
49	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans	24	20.00%
50	Silk	17	8.93%
51	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	38	9.67%
52	Cotton	177	19.70%
53	Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn	41	17.56%
54	Man-made filaments	72	10.82%
55	Man-made staple fibres	165	17.07%
56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof	45	18.94%
57	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	28	20.00%
58	Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery	43	17.35%
59	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use	31	16.12%
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	43	20.00%
61	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	133	20.00%
62	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	137	18.83%
63	Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags	100	18.99%
64	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles	52	19.83%
65	Headgear and parts thereof	14	18.58%
66	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof	7	19.83%
67	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair	11	20.00%
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	55	15.32%
69	Ceramic products	29	20.00%
70	Glass and glassware	70	15.37%
71	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	93	20.00%
72	Iron and steel	167	8.70%
73	Articles of iron or steel	142	11.93%
74	Copper and articles thereof	55	10.37%
75	Nickel and articles thereof	17	10.46%
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	44	13.29%
78	Lead and articles thereof	9	5.16%
79	Zinc and articles thereof	10	5.52%
80	Tin and articles thereof	8	16.35%
81	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof	48	6.16%
82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal	89	11.15%
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	56	9.36%
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	533	10.51%
85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles	278	13.15%
86	Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds	45	10.00%
87	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	118	12.08%
88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	15	10.00%
89	Ships, boats and floating structures	27	10.00%
90	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof	173	10.12%
91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	57	18.97%
92	Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles	20	19.10%
93	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof	58	20.00%
94	Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings	76	17.98%
95	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof	33	20.00%
96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	68	13.82%
97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	30	10.41%

Source : UN Database

For Further Reference

National Customs

Tariff Profiles 2009, WTO

54 AFRICAN COUNTRIES