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Abstract
A simple but new theoretical approach is used to analyse ex-ante the impact of tariff reduction. This
methodology is based on the assumption of a constant price relation between each direct substitutable
product. No elasticities are needed, but accurate import and domestic prices of the most sensitive and
representative product of each tariff line are required. The present contribution forms a partial sector
static simulation model that minimises the reduction of domestic production prices for the agricultural
sector consecutive of the WTO market access negotiations of the Doha round. Results are shown on
two levels whereas one of them provides rapidly a preliminary hierarchy of the sensitive products
tariff lines and their optimal number. The second level provides a post-WTO maximal domestic price
for aggregated products for which demand and supply elasticities are known. These maximal prices
can be used as exogenous variable in dynamic models.