## Comments to indicator 17.12.1 Organisations collecting and reporting data for this indicator to UN  International Trade Centre (ITC),  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and  The World Trade Organization (WTO) The figures here are downloaded from [UN Statistics SDG Indicator Database](https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal/database) --- ### *Definitions:* ***Most favoured Nations tariff (MFN):*** Tariff that WTO member countries promise to impose all of their trading partners who are also WTO members, unless the country is part of a *preferential* trade agreement (such as a free trade area or customs union). This means that, in practice, MFN rates are the highest (most restrictive) tariffs that WTO members charge one another. ***Preferential tariff:*** Tariff that falls under a preferential trade agreement, where countries agree to charge a lower rate than the MFN rate.

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Indicator

Indicator 17.12.1: Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States
Target

Target 17.12: Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
Metadata update

2016-07-19
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

International Trade Centre (ITC)

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

The World Trade Organization (WTO)
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