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This paper analyses the expected changes in external tariffs and imports in Poland after accession to the European Union. We find that around 14% of all manufacturing commodity groups in the Harmonised System will experience tariff reductions of over 10 percentage points, while for agricultural goods tariff comparisons are complicated by very different tariff systems and may be overrated, since applied tariffs are often lower than those legislated. Based on gravity estimates we also find onlly few relatively narrowly defined commodities will experience import growth rates of above 20%. More widely defined sensitive commodities are subject to much smaller but still important import growth
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Fidrmuc, J., Huber, P. & Michalek, J.J. Poland's Accession to the European Union: Demand for Protection of Selected Sensitive Products. MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies 11, 47–70 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011353312489
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