WTO ROUND TO SLASH – EVEN REMOVE – FISH AND SEAFOOD IMPORT DUTIES WORLDWIDE
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FISH and seafood processing industry could get a big shot in the arm this year, if the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round reaches a successful conclusion, as planned. If it does, all import duties on fish and fish products traded worldwide would be significantly reduced and there is a chance they could be eliminated altogether.
This possibility that fish and fish products could be traded import duty-free between all WTO members is because of a curious quirk that the WTO considers fish, seafood and fish ...
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