Taxonomy: Affected Trading Partner - Samoa
China: VAT rebates for more than 2600 products
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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.China: Increased VAT rebates for 553 products
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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.United States of America: Reauthorization of GSP, increase in import fee, and expansion of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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Both houses of Congress have approved, and the president will soon sign into law, an untitled bill (H.R.2832) providing for the retroactive rChina: Import duty exemption for cartoon companies importing relevant cartoon industry products
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On 15 June 2011 the Ministry of Finance (MOFCOM), the General Administration of Customs (GAC) and the General Administration of Taxation (GAT) jointly announced the Provisional Measures on Import Taxation Exemption for Cartoon Companies Import ofUnited States of America: Expiration and renewal of trade preferences and other programs
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On January 1, 2011, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) of the United States expired.India: Tariff concessions for imports from enumerated LDCs
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On 13 August 2008, the government initiated a scheme granting tariff concessions to enumerated least developed countries (LDCs). The list of beneficiaries from the Indian programme has repeatedly been extended since.Nigeria: Fund for restructing and refinancing loans to the manufacturing sector
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as part of a N500billion power and real sector fund has given N200billion to restructure and refinance existing bank loans to the Nigerian SMEs (Small and medium scale enterprises) or manufacturing sector.Indonesia: Import duty exemptions of imported goods and materials for the production of goods/services
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On 11 March 2010, the Indonesian government introduced fiscal incentives in the form of import duty exemptions to industries of certain sectors.Nigeria: Deliberate devaluation of the Naira
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According to numerous and consistent press reports, the Central Bank of Nigeria has deliberately devalued the local currency at the end of 2008.Indonesia: Levies export tax on crude palm oil
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According to Dow Jones (25 March 2010), Indonesia raised the crude palm oil (CPO) export tax for April 2010 to 4.5% from 3% in March.
