Taxonomy: Affected Trading Partner - Hong Kong
Canada: New health-of-animals regulations for imports of aquatic animals
Description
On December 22, 2011 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that it had amended theSouth Africa: Creation of rebate for certain Monitors
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The International Trade Administration Commision of South Africa has recommeded for the creation of a rebate provision for monitors classified under tariff subheading 8528.51.90 and 8528.59.90 which was previously attracting a general rate of custCanada: Elimination of tariffs on 70 items
Description
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 processingArgentina: Reference prices on imports of baby carriages from certain Latin-American countries.
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On December 7, 2011, the Government of Argentina adopted reference prices applicable to the importation of certain types of baby carriages (including strollers) from Brazil and other Latin-American countries.South Africa: Removal of customs duty on certian bags of low density polyethylene
Description
The International Trade administration Commission of South Africa has recommended a reduction in the rate of duty on certian bags of low density polyethlene of size not exceeding 15cmX23cm, with no opening, having one preforated edge that incorpraArgentina: Reference prices on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware from certain Asian, European, and Latin-American countries.
Description
On December 5, 2011, the Government of Argentina adopted reference prices applicable to the importation of certain types of ceramic tableware and kitchenware from Brazil, China, Colombia, Indonesia, and other Asian, European, and Latin-American coSouth Africa: Increase in the rate of customs duty on artificial turf
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The International Trade Administration of South Africa has increased the general rate of customs duty on artificial turf classifiable under tariff subheading 9506.99.90 from free of duty to the WTO-bound rate of 10% ad valerom.Switzerland: Elimination of import duties on selected IT-products
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On 23 November 2011, the government of Switzerland announced the abolishment of all import taxes on multi-use printers, flat screens, set-top boxes, cable used in telecom devices plus selected headphones.United States of America: APEC business travel cards
Description
President Obama signed the “Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act” (S.1487) into law on November 12, 2011.Argentina: Reference prices on imports of certain type of machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry from China and other Asian countries.
Description
On October 25, 2011, the Government of Argentina adopted reference prices applicable to the importation of certain type of machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry from China, and other Asian countries.
