Taxonomy: Sector Affected - 44
Special purpose machinery
United States of America: Antidumping investigation of residential washing machines imported from South Korea and Mexico
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Based on a petition filed by the Whirlpool Corporation on December 30, 2011, the U.S.Thailand: Restricted permission of foreign workers in promoted projects
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Effective 13 September 2010, the Board of Investment of Thailand allows the employment of foreign workers under restrictive conditions in the projects its promotes. These conditions are:Thailand: Import duty exemption for flood-damaged machinery
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Effective 24 November 2010, the Board of Investment of Thailand accepts applications for an import duty exemption for machinery damaged by flooding.Thailand: Promotion of machinery upgrades to counter the strengthening Baht
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Effective 24 November 2010, the Board of Investment of Thailand introduced new investment incentives to upgrade production machinery. The stated purpose of these incentives is to counter the effects of a strengthening Baht.Canada: Elimination of tariffs on 70 items
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Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced on November 27, 2011 that the government will eliminate 70 import tariffs on items used in a range of manufacturing and processing industries, including food processingSwitzerland: Elimination of import duties on selected IT-products
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On 23 November 2011, the government of Switzerland announced the abolishment of all import taxes on multi-use printers, flat screens, set-top boxes, cable used in telecom devices plus selected headphones.Argentina: Reference prices on imports of certain type of machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry from China and other Asian countries.
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On October 25, 2011, the Government of Argentina adopted reference prices applicable to the importation of certain type of machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry from China, and other Asian countries.China: Adjusted import tariff and import value-added taxation on key technological units
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On 15 July 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), General Administration of Taxation (GAT) and General Administration of Customs (GAC) jointly announced the Notice on Adjusting Import TThe Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan: Elimination of import tariff on certain bending, folding or straightening machines
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The Customs Union Commission (Decision # 759 from 16 August 2011) has removed the import tariff on certain bending, folding or straightening machines (HS 8462 21 100 2) (before the rate of 10 percent applied) from 1 September 2011.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.
