US Dry Bean Council



BARRIERS TO TRADE FOR THE US DRY BEAN INDUSTRYCENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANDR-CAFTA COUNTRIES: COSTA RICA,NICARAGUA, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Starting January 1, 2020, import duties will be lifted for US dry edible beans imported by countries that are signatories to DR-CAFTA (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic). Dominican Republic: On September 27th, the Dominican Commission for Agricultural Imports published the 2020 DR-CAFTA tariff notification, which included a statement that the government plans to discuss revisions to 2020-2025 treatment of dry beans as part of the 14-year DR-CAFTA implementation review required under Article 3.18 of the agreement. The Minister of Agriculture made similar remarks in discussions with FAS Post/Santa Domingo. An Article 3.18 meeting with trade representatives from DR-CAFTA countries has been scheduled for the second week of November in Washington, DC. In 2019, from January through March, the Dominican Ministry of Agriculture used non-tariff barriers to block nationalization of dry bean imports and later in the year discriminatory licensing was used to selectively delay or limit imports by one company.Guatemala: US dry bean cargos that transit another country have been held at port until Guatemalan Customs receives additional documentation from the carrier to prove that the sealed containers have US origin. FAS Post/Guatemala City has assisted when such problems occur, but the extra documentation is now required when the cargos transit another country before reaching Guatemala.PANAMAAll but dark red kidney beans under HS Code 07133330 can be imported duty free since enactment of the US-Panama TPA in 2012. DRKBs are currently subject to a quota; duty-free imports will be unlimited starting in 2024. CARICOM MEMBERS: ANTIGUA Y BARBUDA, BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, BELIZE, DOMINICA, GRENADA, GUYANA, HAITI, JAMAICA, MONTSERRAT, SAINT LUCIA, ST KITTS AND NEVIS, ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SURINAME, TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO. ASOCIATED MEMBERS: ANGUILLA, BERMUDA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Non-Caricom tariffs are 40% for red kidney beans (HS code 0713331000), 15% for cowpeas (HS code 071339010), and 0-5% for other types of beans. JAMAICA: Total US dry bean import duties are higher than the Caricom tariffs because of additional taxes and tariffs.SOUTH AMERICACHILEThere is duty free access for US dry beans since the US-Chile FTA came into force in 2004.ANDEAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS: BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR AND PERU.BOLIVIA AND ECUADORUS dry bean imports into Bolivia and Ecuador are subject to the Andean Community common external tariff of 20% for bean types all bean kinds.PERUUnder the 2006 US-Peru TPA, US dry beans enter the country duty free.COLOMBIASince enactment of the US‐Colombia FTA on May 15, 2012, the duty-free import quota for US dry beans has increased by 5% each year. In 2019, the quota is 22,162 MT. In 2021, all US dry edible beans can be imported duty free.Colombia has zero tolerance for soil and there are no remedies to correct the problem if soil is found, other than to reject the cargo. For some importers, this has been an impediment to importing US dry beans. The US government (FAS Post/Bogotá and APHIS) has worked with the Colombian Inspection Agency (ICA) to reduce the number of inspections of US containers as one of the ways to reduce this problem and thereby minimize barriers to trade.MERCOSUR MEMBERS: BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY AND PARAGUAYBRAZILDry beans traded between Mercosur members are not subject to tariffs. The Mercosur Common External Tariff (CET) was established on January 1, 1995 and the CET for dry beans is 10%. This 10% tariff makes it difficult for US dry beans to be competitive in the Brazilian market. Argentina, a major competitor to the US in dry beans, has the benefit of no tariff as well as proximity.VENEZUELAVenezuela was indefinitely suspended from Mercosur in August 2017, for “a rupture of the democratic order.” Venezuela completed its withdrawal from the Andean Community April 2011. Andean Community norms covering a wide range of disciplines had been incorporated into national laws and it is unclear how these laws apply following Venezuela’s withdrawal. ................
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