Taxonomy: Affected Trading Partner - Spain
United States of America: Bill to ban imports of goods for which there is no registered domestic agent
Description
A bill under consideration in the U.S.
Russia: Subsidies to the domestic aircraft sector
Description
By Government Decree N 690 from 20 August 2009 Russian airlines received ¾ compensation of their lease payments for Russian aircraft and ¾ of their interest payments on credits in rubles, obtained in 2002-2005 for purchasing Russian
Russia: Restrictions on customs clearance points for exports of metal scrap
Description
The Federal Customs Service issued an Order # 1514 from 2 December 2008, in force from 30 March 2009, which restricts customs clearance points for exports of metal scrap.
Russia: Import duty on propylene (methyl ethylene) terpolymer and tetramer
Description
The Government Decree # 876 from 31 October 2009 introduced a 5% duty on propylene (methyl ethylene) terpolymer and tetramer, effective from 6 January 2010.
Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan: Import tariff increase on processed cheese
Description
The Decision of the Commission of the Customs Union # 237 from 16 April 2010 increased the import duty rate of processed cheese from 15% but not less than 0.3 Euro/ Kg to 15% but not less than 0.5 Euro/kg.
Russia: Temporary import duty increase on iron rolled products and iron
Description
By Government Decree # 959 from 28 November 2009, an increased duty on iron rolled products and iron was introduced for 9 months. The duty is effective from 12 December 2009.
Russia: Car scrappage regional project by UAZ
Description
By mid-February 2010 another pilot project of car scrappage was prepared in one of the Russian states (Ul'yanovskaya oblast) to support the car production of its car plant UAZ.
India: Visa Norms relaxed for IT Industry
Description
On 23 may 2010, India relaxed the visa norms for hiring by Indian IT companies. The IT industry can now hire foreign professionals 'as per requirement' instead of the earlier cap of '20 employees per project'.
Russia: Injection of 28 billion rubles (933 million US dollars) into the charter capital of the "Russian Technologies" to support the domestic car industry
Description
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a ruling (the Government Decree # 2080-p from 25 December 2009) effective from 8 January 2010 to inject 28 billion rubles (933 million Euros) into the charter capital of State Corporation "Russian
India: Removal of restrictions on import of hot rolled coils
Description
On 8 January 2010, India lifted the import curbs on hot rolled coils, a crucial input for sectors like automobiles and consumer goods. Earlier, hot rolled coils were placed by India under the 'restricted' list since 21 November 2008.
