Briefing Papers Number 5, August 2008 | Page 8

President, David Beckmann | Director, Asma Lateef 50 F Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001 Tel 202.639.9400 Fax 202.639.9401 [email protected] www.bread.org/BFW-Institute Find out more about Bread for the World Institute online. Get the latest facts on hunger, download our hunger reports and read what our analysts are writing about on the Institute blog. Tariffs on Agricultural Products Remain High in Spite of Agriculture’s Importance to Development Average tariff rates Percent 40 35 Agriculture and Food Manufactures 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 East Asia Europe & Asia Source: United Nations, FAO (2007). Latin America Middle East & N.Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Industrial