Taxonomy: Sector Affected - 25
Tobacco products
Uzbekistan: Higher import duties on foodstuffs and cigarettes
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Effective from May 1, 2013, Uzbekistan has announced import tariff increases on a number of foodstuffs. The products involved are:Argentina: Higher tax on foreign purchases
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On 31 August 2012, the Federal Administration of Public Investments of Argentina introduced a 15 per cent tax on all purchases made abroad with Argentinian credit-cards.Italy: Aid to compensate for damage caused by the earthquakes of May 2012
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On 14 September 2012, the Italian Government notified the European Commission about an aid measure designed to compensate the damage caused by the earthquakes of 20 and 29 May 2012 in the Regions Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto.Indonesia: Import requirements on more than 800 products
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On 29 December 2012, the Minister of Trade has issued Regulation No. 83/M-DAG/PER/12/2012, which follows the reasoning of the initial Regulation No. 56/M-DAG/PER/12/2008 (see related measure).China: New Tariff Implementation Plan for 2013
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On December 17, 2012, the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China announced the Tariff Implementation plan for 2013.United Kingdom: £2.4bn Regional Growth Fund (RGF) for small businesses
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On 22 June 2010, the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) was announced. The main purpose of the RGF is to provide funding from 2011 to 2015 for regional and small businesses in Great Britain.Chile: Elimination of import duties by 2015
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On 27 April 2012, the Minister of Finance and Treasury, Felipe Larraín, announced that Chile will eliminate all import tariffs by 2015 (as a part of its tax reform which entered into force on 4 September 2012).Germany: Subsidized loans for SMEs (ERP Unternehmenskapital)
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On 11 December 2009, Germany informed the EU Commission about the subsidized loan scheme called "ERP Unternehmenskapital, Kapital für Gründung", that allows for favourable fixed interest rate loans to support the creation of neAlgeria: 1,260 products excluded in Arabic Free Trade Area
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The Chambre Algérienne de Commerce et d' Industrie has published a "negative list" of 1,260 products which, in the context of the Arabic Free Trade Area (Zone Arabe de Libre Echange, ZALE), will be excluded from impoIndia: Foreign direct investment in the manufacture of Cigarettes prohibited
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The Government of India has reviewed the extant policy and it has been decided to prohibit FDI in manufacturing of 'Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes' (Code 24.02 of Indian Trade Classification which
