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China to cut tariffs up to 30 percent: report
AFP - 1 hour 23 minutes ago
BEIJING (AFP) - - China will reduce tariffs on agricultural and non-agricultural products by 20 to 30 percent, state media reported Monday, citing a senior trade diplomat.
The move is to help boost global trade amid the international financial crisis, the China Securities Journal said, citing Zhang Xiangchen, a senior envoy at the Chinese Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Zhang was not quoted as giving any timetable for when the cuts would take place.
It was not clear if the tariff cuts would affect all products imported by China. A Chinese commerce ministry official contacted by AFP Monday said she was unable to clarify the matter.
The average tariff on agricultural products now is 15.2 percent, compared with 54 percent before China entered the WTO in 2001, the report said.
A surge in imports from China could have potentially huge significance for the global economy, as it is now the world's third-largest importer after the United States and Germany.
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