From 2002 Norway has provided duty and quota free market access for all goods from the 50 least developed countries and therefore altogether 64 low income countries are now benefiting from duty and quota free market access to Norway for all their goods.
14 new countries included
One condition is that the countries have a population of less than 75 million. “Duty-free-scheme” includes now also the former “ordinary” GSP-countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and Nicaragua. The following low income countries outside Africa are included in the GSP-system and in the “duty free scheme”: Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, North Korea and Papua New Guinea.
This does not imply that the GSP-system is effective for these countries. This will only happen after notification from the individual country, i.e. after exchange of stamps and the name of responsible authorities. The Directorate of customs and excise will announce implementation on a later date.
Preference margin increased
Another change is that the preference margin for ordinary GSP countries is increased by 20 percentage points within the WTO minimum access quotas for agricultural products, see List 4 b in the GSP.
Changes in the value limits
There have also been some changes in the value limits. An invoice declaration can be issued by the exporter in a GSP-country according to the rules, provided that the value of origin goods in the shipment does not exceed NOK 100 000.
The total value of the goods concerned must not exceed NOK 4000 for small packages sent from private person to private person or NOK 10 000 for goods that constitute a part of the travellers personal luggage.