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--- policy_data [2020/02/25 10:37] – created matsz
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 The tariff aggregation results are part of the .gdx output of the global module, and can be found in results\global\tariffs.gdx.
-Although the tariffs in the tariff databases should already reflect the tariff schedules of the implemented Free Trade Agreements (FTA) on global agricultural markets, CAPRI on.
+Although the tariffs in the tariff databases should already reflect the tariff schedules of the implemented Free Trade Agreements (FTA) on global agricultural markets, CAPRI nevertheless explicitly includes data on a number of FTAs. That FTA-specific policy information enters the CAPRI system in the market model calibration workstep (gams\arm\def_tariff.gms, see Table below for the list of implemented FTAs).
+**Table 21: Free Trade Agreements considered in CAPRI**
+|Free Trade Agreements explicitly included in CAPRI|
+|- EU-Chile FTA \\ - EU's Economic Partnership Agreements (Cotonue) with ACP countries \\ - EU-Mediterranean partnership agreement \\ - EU-Mexico FTA \\ - Trade Agreements with Norway and Switzerland (including quota system) \\ - Customs Union with Turkey \\ - Stabilisation and Association Agreements with Western Balkan countries \\ - Free Trade Area with Ukraine (partly) \\ - Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement between Taiwan and Mainland China|
+Source: own compillation
+Specific trade policy data on Switzerland enters CAPRI both in the tariff aggregation module (in the global) part and also during market model calibration, and often overwrites tariff data from the above sources. The Switzerland-specific datasets in CAPRI are managed by the team at the Federal Office for Agriculture, and the data are based on national trade statistics: Swiss-Impex database and the databases of the TRIMAG tariff aggregation tool((For more information on TRIMAG please refer to Himics, M., Listorti, G., Tonini, A., 2019. Simulated economic impacts in applied trade modelling: A comparison of tariff aggregation approaches. Economic Modelling. doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2019.08.007)). The relevant model code is collected under the subfolder gams\special_ch.
+===Tariffs and Tariff Rate Quotas===
+Data on trade policy instruments other than tariffs (Tariff Rate Quotas, export subsidies, entry price system and flexible levies) enter CAPRI directly in the market model calibration workstep. Note that the ad valorem equivalent tariff rates in MacMap already include an estimated equivalent tariff rate for TRQs. Nevertheless, the CAPRI market model separates TRQs from fixed tariff rates by using a sigmoid function-representation of the TRQ regime switch mechanism((Tariff rates under TRQ vary between the lower in-quota and the higher out-of-quota rates, depending on the quota fill rates. For more details on the methodological approach please visit section 5.4.12)).
+The TRQ system of the EU is included in great detail, based on DG AGRI.information. Data on  TRQ orders are aggregated to the geographical and commodity definitions of CAPRI in dat\arm\TRQ_orderds.gms. Specific GAMS routines convert some of the compound TRQs into ad valorem TRQs if necessary((Compound TRQs are TRQs applying a compound tariff (combination of specific and ad valorem) on the in-quota or out-of-quota imports. For methodological reasons, the compound tariffs might need to be converted into their ad valorem equivalent rates.))(gams\arm\convert_compound_trqs.gms).