Dominican Republic Activates Safeguard Tariff for Certain Imported US Chicken
The Dominican Republic recently activated a safeguard measure to impose a higher tariff rate for imports of chicken leg quarters from the U.S. for the remainder of the year, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said in a November report. The agency…
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said the country activated the measure under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement after the Dominican Republic imported 2,236 metric tons of the U.S. chicken from Jan. 1 through Oct. 1, exceeding the 1,820 metric ton threshold established under CAFTA-DR for safeguard activation. Those imports will face a 61.38% tariff rate -- an increase from the 23.8% out of quota tariff rate that had been applied -- through Dec. 31.