OECD Companion to the Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels 2018
Annex A. Additional data on fossil fuels
Table A.1. The IEA’s classification of fossil fuels
Source: Adapted from the IEA, http://wds.iea.org/WDS/tableviewer/document.aspx?FileId=1496.
Table A.2. MFN tariffs applied by OECD countries on imported hydrocarbon fuels, as of 1 January 2018
General note to Table A.2: This table shows the range of most favoured nation (MFN) tariffs applied by the listed countries, classified according to the six-digit Harmonized System sub-headings (“HS codes”) for major products. HS codes followed by an “ex” are specific to the listed product at the 8- or 10-digit levels, which are unique to each country. The MFN tariffs are those applied by countries to other members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), except for those trading partners with which the country has a preferential trading arrangement, such as a free-trade agreement, in which case the applied tariff is often 0%. A few of the countries listed levy higher rates of import duties on imported goods from trading partners that are not members of the WTO. In the case of petroleum products, those non-WTO countries include Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Serbia, and Turkmenistan.
1. Australia applies excise duties at the point of import, and lists these duties in its tariff schedule. Since these (AUD 0.403 per litre for motor gasoline, kerosene, diesel, heavy fuel oil and crude oil not used as petroleum refinery feedstock, and AUD 0.03556 per litre for aviation spirit and jet fuel) are the same as the normal excise duty applied to domestically produced fuels, the tariffs here are listed as zero.
2. The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.
3. New Zealand applies excise duties on motor spirit (gasoline) and automotive and marine diesel blended with motor spirit at the point of import, and lists these duties (NZD 0.59524 per litre + NZD 0.08 per gramme of lead) in its tariff schedule. Since these duties are the same as the normal excise duty applied to the same domestically produced fuels, the tariffs reported here are listed as zero.
Source: A European Union: Business Link (www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/tariff); all other countries: European Commission, Market Access Database (http://madb.europa.eu/madb/indexPubli.htm).
Table A.3. Tariffs applied by OECD countries on imported solid fossil fuels, as of 1 January 2018
General note to Table A.3: This table shows the range of most favoured nation (MFN) tariffs applied by the listed countries, classified according to the six-digit Harmonized System sub-headings (“HS codes”) for major products. HS codes followed by an “ex” are specific to the listed product at the 8- or 10-digit levels, which are unique to each country. The MFN tariffs are those applied by countries to other members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), except for those trading partners with which the country has a preferential trading arrangement, such as a free-trade agreement, in which case the applied tariff is often 0%. A few of the countries listed levy higher rates of import duties on imported goods from trading partners that are not members of the WTO. In the case of petroleum products, those non-WTO countries include Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Serbia, and Turkmenistan.
1. The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.
Source: European Union: Business Link (www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/tariff); all other countries: European Commission, Market Access Database (http://madb.europa.eu/madb/indexPubli.htm). The identification of support measures was conducted mainly through searches of official government documents and web sites. In a few cases, unpublished data were requested from, and furnished by, OECD governments.
Figure A.1. Composition of total support by indicator (left) and by fuel (right)
