Taxonomy: Type of Measure - Import ban
Nigeria: Removal of import ban on various products
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With its clarifications of 27 January 2011, the government of Nigeria removed a range of items from its list of banned imports.Kenya: Ban on private oil imports lifted
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The Ministry of Energy in Kenya has lifted a ban, imposed in 2010, preventing Kenyan based fuel marketing companies from importing private cargoes of refined petroleum products.Sudan: Ban on the importation of certain commodities such as live animals
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A Ministry of Foreign Trade in Sudan banned the importation of furniture, molasses, biscuits, vermicelli, macaroni, raw and manufactured leather, silk and its products, live animals and birds (excluding chickens, cows and goats imported for breediArgentina: Restriction on finished-vehicles imports
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On December 11 2010, the Government of Argentina requested finished-vehicles importers to present a plan to reduce the current trade deficit in the sector to 20%.Nigeria: Ban on importation of textile materials, vehicles and other products lifted
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The government of Nigeria has lifted the ban on the importation of textile materials and items such as toothpicks, furniture and cassava.United States of America: Ban on the importation of Asian carp.
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved on December 1, 2010 the “Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act” (S.1421).Philippines: The comprehensive vehicle development programme
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On 23 April 2010, the government of the Philippines announced its "comprehensive vehicle development programme".Iran: Import ban of certain fruit and dairy products
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According to numerous and consistent press reports, the government of Iran has issued an import ban for 49 fruit and dairy products in September 2010.Zimbabwe: Ban on the import of used cars
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The government of Zimbabwe, through the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use) Regulations published in the government gazette of 17 September 2010, has banned the importation of second-hand vehicles which are older than five years from tVenezuela: Cap on gold exports raised
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On 11 August 2010, the government of Venezuela raised its cap on gold exports. Registered companies now may export up to 50 percent of their production, selling the other half to the National Bank of Venezuela.
