Taxonomy: Sector Affected - 24
Beverages
Thailand: Investment promotion for manufacture of medical food and manufacture of high-pressure concrete for public utilities work
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On 21 April 2009 the Board of Investment of Thailand announced an investment promotion for manufacturing medical food and high-pressure concrete for public utilities work. The measures are active from 4 March 2009 onwards. (No. Sor.1/2552)Canada: Possible adoption of a licensing regime for food imports
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is considering adoption of a licensing regimeSudan: 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 breediUnited States of America: Renewal of tariffs and subsidies on ethanol
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President Obama on December 17, 2010 signed into law the “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act” (H.R.4853), after the Senate approved the bill by a vote of 81-19 (DecembNigeria: 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.Belarus: Termination without duties of antidumping investigation against beer from Ukraine
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On 18 January 2011 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus decided to terminate the antidumping investigation without duties against beer from Ukraine.Australia: Customer price index adjustment for alcohol and tobacco products
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Australian Customs Notice # 2010/38 from 30 July 2010 has introduced a customer price index adjustment for the calculation of new rates of customs duties for products such as alcoholic beverages (HS 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208) as welCustoms Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan: Import duty reduction on wine materials
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The Commission Decision of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia #348 from 17 August 2010 reduces the import duty on wine materials imported in containers of more than 227 liters (HS 2204) from 20 percent to 15 percent.Kazakhstan: List of domestically produced goods for public procurement
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The Government Decree of 17 May 2010 # 423 introduced a list of goods which are to be bought from the domestic producers such as bread, pasta, sweets, cereals, milk, milk products, butter, eggs, salt, non-alcoholic beverages.
