JAPAN TOUGH MARKET THROUGH COMPETITION, TARIFFS AND RED TAPE SAYS BRUSSELS
February 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Commission report explaining the difficulty European Union (EU) clothing exporters have selling goods in Japan has noted: "Japan has a strong revealed comparative advantage in...textiles, clothing and footwear." It stressed steep average tariffs for EU clothing exports to Japan of 11.5%, with the highest duties being 12% (textiles average 6.5%, the highest being 12%). Also, Japan clothing and textile non-tariff regulations were significantly different from EU rules, for instance regarding border procedures, pricing, ...
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