Taxonomy: Tariff Line Affected - 3104
Mineral Or Chemical Fertilizers, Potassic
Venezuela: Expropriation of American-Italian fertilizer producer
Description
On 4 October 2010 the Venezuelan Government took over a fertilizer producer, Fertilizantes Nitrogenados de Oriente (FertiNitro), which is partly owned by a company from the US (Koch Industries), and by a company called Saipem, a subsidiary of ItalChina: Import tariff quota on fertilizers for 2012
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On 11 October 2011, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released the Notice NO. 63(2011), announcing the 2012 import tariff quota of fertilizers.The Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan: Elimination of import tariff on carnallite
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The Customs Union Commission (Decision # 742 from 16 August 2011) has removed the import tariff on carnallite (HS 3104 90 000 1) (before the rate of 10 percent applied) from 1 September 2011.Indonesia: Temporary removal of import duty on food products and components
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On 23 February 2011, the Indonesian Finance Ministry published regulation temporarily lifting import duties for designated food products and food components.China: Export tariff increase for fertilizers
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On 29 November 2010 the Chinese State Council Customs Tariff Commission announced new export tariffs (110%) for fertilizers. This measure came into effect on 1 December 2010.Viet Nam: Import tariff increase on fertilizer
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On 11 August 2010, the government of Viet Nam increased import tariffs on fertilizers. From this day, various chemically produced fertilizers may be imported at the preferential rate of 6.5 percent.Poland: Rescue aid for Zaklady Chemiczne Police S.A.
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On 15 December 2009, the Polish authorities notified rescue aid in the form of a loan of PLN 150.000.000 (EUR 37.500.000) in favor of Zaklady Chemiczne Police S.A.Vietnam: Fifth devaluation of the Dong
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On 17 August 2010, the State Bank of Vietnam has devalued the national currency, the Dong, for the fifth time since 2008.United States of America: Bill to ban imports of goods for which there is no registered domestic agent
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A bill that was under consideration in the U.S.Nigeria: Fund for restructing and refinancing loans to the manufacturing sector
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as part of a N500billion power and real sector fund has given N200billion to restructure and refinance existing bank loans to the Nigerian SMEs (Small and medium scale enterprises) or manufacturing sector.
