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Taxonomy: Affected Trading Partner - Dominican Republic


Canada: Elimination of tariffs on 70 items

Measure #2958 | Published 8 Dec 2011 ▲

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     Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced on November 27, 2011 that the government will eliminate 70 import tariffs on items used in a range of manufacturing and processing industries, including food processing

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United States of America: Reforms to licensing and enforcement for agricultural imports

Measure #2926 | Published 22 Nov 2011 ▲

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Colombia: Additional export tax on hydrocarbon and mining exports

Measure #2857 | Published 21 Oct 2011 | Inception 9 May 2011 ▲

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On 9 May 2011, the government of Colombia introduced an export tax on hydrocarbon and mining products.  

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Honduras: Reduction of export duty on mining products

Measure #2854 | Published 21 Oct 2011 | Inception 8 Jul 2011 ▲

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On 19 September 2011, the Congress of Honduras changed lowered the export tax on mining products to 2 percent.   The government of Honduras had implemented an export tax of 5 percent only recently,  on 8 July 2011.

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India: Reinstatement of Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme for cotton yarn

Measure #2829 | Published 20 Oct 2011 | Inception 1 Apr 2011 ▲

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On 1 April 2011, the government of India re-introduced the Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (DEPB) for cotton yarn exports.  

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China: Adjusted import tariff and import value-added taxation on key technological units

Measure #2796 | Published 13 Oct 2011 | Inception 1 Jan 2010 ▲

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On 15 July 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), General Administration of Taxation (GAT) and General Administration of Customs (GAC) jointly announced the Notice on Adjusting Import T

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China: VAT rebates for more than 2600 products

Measure #2781 | Published 12 Oct 2011 | Inception 3 Jan 2009 ▲

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On 3 June 2009, the government of China raised the Value Added Tax (VAT) rebates for designated textile and garment exports. Exporters of the benefiting products may recuperate part of the VAT included in intermediate products.

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China: VAT rebate of 15 percent for textile products

Measure #2777 | Published 12 Oct 2011 | Inception 1 Feb 2009 ▲

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On 1 February 2009, the government of China raised the Value Added Tax (VAT) rebates for designated textile and garment exports.

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China: Increased VAT rebates for 553 products

Measure #2774 | Published 12 Oct 2011 | Inception 1 Jan 2009 ▲

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On 1 January 2009, the government of China raised the Value Added Tax (VAT) rebates for designated exports. Exporters of the benefiting products may recuperate up to 80 percent of the VAT included in intermediate products.

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China: Increased VAT rebates for food, textiles, wood products, metals, chemicals and machinery

Measure #2764 | Published 12 Oct 2011 | Inception 1 Dec 2008 ▲

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On 1 December 2008, the government of China raised the Value Added Tax (VAT) rebates for designated exports. Exporters of the benefiting products may recuperate up to 80 percent of the VAT included in intermediate products.

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