Taxonomy: Tariff Line Affected - 3902
Polymers Of Propylene Or Other Olefins, Prim Forms
South Africa: Removal of import tariff on aluminium products, paper and polymers
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Effective 1 January 2012, the government of South Africa removed import duties on a range of products. The prior rates were:Indonesia: Initiation of safeguard investigation on imports of polypropylene in granule from products
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On 26 April 2011 Indonesian authorities initiated a safeguard investigation concerning imports of polypropylene in granule from products (HS 39021020).India: Initiation of antidumping investigation on imports of geogrid/geostrips/geostraps made of polyester or glass fiber from China
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On 20 December 2010 the Indian authorities initiated an antidumping investigation concerning imports of geogrid/geostrips/geostraps made of polyester or glass fiber in all its forms (including all widths and lengths) originating in China.Brazil: Termination with duties of an antidumping investigation concerning certain polypropylene and propylene copolymers from the U.S.
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On December 9th 2010 Brazil through its Foreign Trade Chamber (Câmara de Comércio Exterior – CAMEX) made public its decision to apply antidumping duties for 5 years on US resin polypropylene resin, copolymer and homopolymer.Republic of Korea: Export financing scheme to encourage imports by Mexican firms
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On 1 July 2010 the Export-Import Bank of Korea signed a US$50 million export financing deal with Bancomex. The press release published by the former agency states: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.Venezuela: Devaluation of the Bolivar
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On 8 January 2010, the Venezuelan government announced the devaluation of the Bolivar. Instead of the existing fixed exchange rate at 2.15 Bs/US Dollar, the government now operates a two-tier system.
