NAFTA cosmetics tariffs
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Duty schedules for seven product categories, including essential oils, perfumes, beauty and makeup preparations and hair preparations, should be accelerated to 0% in Canada and Mexico before established 2003 deadline, CTFA states in recent comments to USTR. Since duty schedules are "already at very low rates" of around 3%-4%, "accelerating to zero before 2003 should not have an adverse impact on any of the parties," trade group maintains