Product Coverage

The primary objective of the G.S.P. is to expand exports and export earnings of developing countries by stimulating donor-country imports of manufactured products from them, the incentive being provided by preferential tariff rates. Before judging its effectiveness, however, this programme must be placed in its proper perspective. First and foremost it is a tariff policy, and therefore can contribute to increased exports of only those products subject to duty. There is no scope within the context of the G.S.P. for assisting the export prospects of products which currently enter donor countries free of duty on an M.F.N. basis.