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China: VAT rebates for more than 2600 products

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

Description

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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United States of America: Reauthorization of GSP, increase in import fee, and expansion of Trade Adjustment Assistance

Measure #2714 | Published 14 Sep 2011 ▲

Description

    Both houses of Congress have approved, and the president will soon sign into law, an untitled bill (H.R.2832) providing for the retroactive r

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India: Extension of export promotion scheme to certain phones and integrated circuits

Measure #2518 | Published 4 Jul 2011 | Inception 19 Feb 2009 ▲

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On 19 February 2009, the government of India extended its "Hi-tech Product Export Promotion Scheme" to the exporters of certain phones and integrated circuits.  

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EC: Temporary suspension of import tariffs for an exceptional tariff quota of sugar

Measure #2470 | Published 30 Jun 2011 | Inception 1 Apr 2011 ▲

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On 28 March 2011 the European Commission announced a temporary suspension for an exceptional tariff quota of sugar of 300 tonnes (HS:1701) for the marketing year 2010/2011.  

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Republic of Korea: Temporary reduction of import tariff on certain foods and alcohol

Measure #2429 | Published 14 Jun 2011 | Inception 28 Jan 2011 ▲

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According to the Permanent Delegation of Korea to the WTO, the government of Korea has temporarily lowered its import tariffs on coffee, fish, frozen orange juice, milk powder, pork, soap, and lauryl alcohol.  

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United States of America: Reduced excise taxes for domestic but not imported micro-brewery beer

Measure #2156 | Published 12 Mar 2011 ▲

Description

      Senator John Kerry (Democrat of Massachusetts) and a bipartisan group of 18 other senators have introduced a bill that woul

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China: Export tariff increase for fertilizers

Measure #2101 | Published 24 Feb 2011 | Inception 1 Dec 2010 ▲

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On 29 November 2010 the Chinese State Council Customs Tariff Commission announced new export tariffs (110%) for fertilizers. This measure came into effect on 1 December 2010.  

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