尼泊尔敦促欧盟延长GSP设施

 

Nepal urges EU for extension of GSP facility

The Government of Nepal has urged the European Union to extend the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), to support the domestic economy that is recovering from the effect of devastating earthquake last year. The plea has been made as the EU is planning to phase out GSP facility to the least developed countries (LDCs) beginning next year.

Under its reformed GSP law, adopted on October 31, 2012, the EU has been offering zero-duty facility for products (except arms and ammunitions) manufactured in the LDCs for import to the 28-nation European market. But, this has not led to a drastic increase in the share of preferential import in the European market.

One reason for LDCs failing to significantly increase their exports to the EU is that the GSP facility is available only to LDC products with 30 per cent value addition.

Like Nepal, other LDCs have also requested the EU for extension of the facility in order to strengthen their fragile economy.

Under the GSP, Nepal mainly exports carpets, readymade garments and handicrafts to the EU, according to the Trade and Export Promotion Centre.

译文如下：

尼泊尔敦促欧盟延长GSP设施

尼泊尔政府已经敦促欧盟延长GSP计划来支持国内经济从去年地震的影响中恢复。尼泊尔如此恳求是因为欧盟正计划从明年起逐步停止对最不发达国家的GSP设施。

根据其改革的2012年10月31日采用的GSP法律,欧盟已经为28个最不发达国家出口至欧盟市场的产品提供零关税政策(武器和弹药除外)。但是,这并没有导致在欧盟市场优惠进口的大幅增加。

最不发达国家未能大幅增加他们对欧盟出口的产品的一个原因是，GSP只适用于最不发达国家的增值为30%产品。

像尼泊尔,其他不发达国家也要求欧盟延长GSP设施,以加强其脆弱的经济。

根据GSP,尼泊尔主要向欧盟出口地毯、成衣和手工艺品,根据贸易出口促进中心。