Taxonomy: Sector Affected - 44
Special purpose machinery
EC: Suspension of autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain goods
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On 19 December 2011, the EC decided to suspend the common customs tariff on a multitude of goods, especially agricultural, fishery and industrial products. This tariff liberalisation will enter into force on 1 January 2012.Viet Nam: New automatic license regime
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Automatic licensing regimes for imports of key consumer goods were re-introduced by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) in January 2009 (Circular 17/2008/TT-BCT).Russian Federation: State guarantees to producers in the defence industry
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On 8 October 2012, the Russian Federation (according to Decree № 1876-p) provided state guarantees of 6,476,330,000 Russian Roubles to two exporting firms in the defence industry.Israel: Preliminary determination and subsequent termination of antidumping duties on import of mixers from Germany
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On September 20, 2010, Israel initiated an antidumping investigation on mixers imported from Germany. The dumping is alleged to have occurred between September 2009 and August 2010.Ukraine: Expressed intentions to reopen negotiations on WTO membership terms
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Numerous and consistent local and international press reports inform in the period September 21-26, 2012 that the Ukraine has notified its trading partners that it wants to charge maximum tariffs on more than 350 goods.Indonesia: Temporary import regulations for used capital goods
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The Minister of Trade Regulation 48/2011, dated 29 Dec 2011, on the imports of used capital goods allows the imports of 306 used capital goods (but not scrap), classified under HS 73 (articles of iron and steel), 84 and 85 (machinery and electricaBrazil: Tariff increases applicable to 100 goods, including: iron, steel, machinery, plastics, chemicals, and paper, among others.
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On October 1st, 2012, the Government of Brazil implemented an increase of the Common External Tariff (AEC, the acronym in Spanish) applicable to 100 goods, such as iron, steel, machinery, plastics, chemicals, and paper, among others.Kazakhstan: State aid to innovative industrial activities
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On January 9, 2012, the Republic of Kazakhstan issued a law "on state support for innovative industrial activities”.Saudi Arabia: Nationalisation of services
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The Asharqia Chamber is the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Saudi Arabia. It traditionally aims at integrating the private sector in the economy.APEC Members: Reduced tariffs on environmental goods
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The 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference agreed at the 2012 Ministerial Meeting held in Vladivostok, Russia, that they would cut tariffs on a list of 54 environmental goods to 5% or less by 2015.
