Taxonomy: Tariff Line Affected - 1604
Prep Or Pres Fish, Caviar & Caviar Substitutes
Egypt: Increase in import tariffs on certain luxury goods and foodstuffs
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On 25 March 2013, Egypt announced a heavy increase in the import duties on a variety of “unnecessary consumer goods”.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).Argentina: Increased import tariff rates on 100 products
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On January 22, 2012, the Argentinian Government issued Decree 25/2013 increasing import duties under the Common External Tariff of Mercosur for a listBelarus: Exclusive rights on the import of processed fish products
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On January 16, 2013, the President of the Republic of Belarus, Mr. Lukashenko, approved with Presidential Decree Nr. 33 amendments to Presidential Decree Nr.Canada: Enactment of the Safe Food for Canadians Act
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On November 20, 2012, the House of Commons in Canada approved on a unanimous vote Bill S-11, The Safe Food for Canadians Act. The bill will proceed to the Senate for royal assent, but will not come into force until the regulations are completed.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).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).Argentina: Temporary export tariff reduction on certain fish products
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In a measure confirmed by the Permanent Delegation of Argentina to the WTO, the government of Argentina had temporarily reduced export tariffs on fish and crustaceans in various forms.
