Global market trade policy analysis for petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude

AuthorBagheri, F.
PositionFaculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, Islamic Republic of Iran
Pages71-80
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov Vol. 5 (54) No. 2 - 2012
Series V: Economic Sciences
GLOBAL MARKET TRADE POLICY
ANALYSIS FOR PETROLEUM OILS
AND OILS OBTAINED FROM
BITUMINOUS MINERALS, CRUDE
Fatemeh BAGHERI1
Abstract: This article is based on surveying the custom tariffs imposed on
the world export market of Petroleum Oils and Oils Obtained from
Bituminous Minerals, Crude. We obtained the data according to the most
updated available data provided online by UNCTAD and World Bank. The
results indicate that none of the 142 countries in the world market of this
product have imposed non-tariff trade barriers on the import of Petroleum
Oils and Oils Obtained from Bituminous Minerals, Crude. The developed
countries and the countries with transition economies are the main world
import partners. European Union, United States, China, Japan, South Korea,
Canada, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, South Africa, Australia, Turkey,
Brazil, Sweden and Belarus are the examples and have imposed low custom
tariffs on Petroleum Oils and Oils Obtained from Bituminous Minerals,
Crude.
Key words: trade policy, market access, custom tariff, non-tariff trade
barriers, global market, petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
minerals, crude.
1 Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, Islamic Republic of Iran.
1. Introduction
Considering that oil is a strategic
commodity and the most significant and
fundamental source of world energy,
surveying and analyzing the market access
for its export is the main task for the
researchers. So this research paper focuses
on the access custom tariffs to the
world export market of Petroleum Oils and
Oils Obtained from Bituminous Minerals,
Crude based on the most updated available
data. For this purpose, the following paper
responds the questions of what the custom
tariffs structures are for the countries
which are active in the world trade (import
& export) of Petroleum Oils and Oils
Obtained from Bituminous Minerals,
Crude. At the same time, the authors
attempt to identify the countries that have
imposed trade barriers on the domestic
market access and the extent of its
coverage.
The paper is set at 6 sections. Following
the introduction are the concepts,
definitions and generalities of the
theoretical framework of trade policy and
then we present the statistical data and the
basic trade indices in the world market of
Petroleum Oils and Oils Obtained from
Bituminous Minerals, Crude. Then the

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