Announced: 01 Jan 2014

Ghana: Export ban on Rosewood timber

Export ban
 
311
 
4407
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain, UK: Planned abolishment of work restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians

Labour market access
 
N/A
 
N/A
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

Sri Lanka: Across-the-board tariff increases in budget for 2014

Import tariff
 
011 012 013 014 016 019 032 212 213 214 216 217 222 231 232 236 239 241 243 244 250 265 266 267 268 271 272 279 281 282 293 295 296 314 316 321 322 326 333 335 346 347 351 352 353 354 361 362 363 364 369 371 372 373 374 375 379 381 387 389 393 412 415 421 429 432 439 448 464 465 491 492 499 (+61 more)
 
0305 0405 0406 0703 0802 0804 0805 0806 0808 0902 0904 1001 1005 1107 1207 1404 1513 1516 1517 1702 1801 1805 1806 1901 1904 2002 2004 2008 2009 2106 2202 2203 2207 2208 2401 2402 2403 2523 2710 2712 3004 3005 3208 3214 3215 3304 3305 3306 3307 3401 3402 3506 3808 3819 3903 3906 3907 3909 3910 3911 3912 3916 3917 3919 3920 3921 3923 3924 3926 4001 4005 4006 4008 4009 4011 4013 4015 4016 4203 4410 4412 4418 4801 4802 4809 4811 4819 4821 4901 4911 5007 5111 5112 5208 5209 5210 5211 5309 5407 5408 5512 5513 5514 5515 5516 5702 5802 5804 5806 5807 5810 6001 6004 6005 6006 6108 6109 6116 6117 6203 6204 6205 6206 6211 6212 6302 6403 6405 6406 6805 6810 6811 6815 6908 6910 6911 7005 7213 7214 7216 7217 7306 7323 7404 7604 7610 7616 8212 8301 8302 8309 8310 8413 8415 8418 8421 8423 8506 8516 8539 8702 8703 8704 8707 8708 8714 9403 9405 9406 9608 (+158 more)
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

EC: Tariff quotas on certain agricultural and industrial products

Import tariff quota
 
214 231 335 341 342 343 344 346 347 352 363 372 416 465 474 499 (+4 more)
 
1104 2008 2712 2811 2826 2903 2910 2914 2915 2916 2921 2924 2926 2927 2928 2932 2933 2934 3105 3204 3802 3904 3905 3921 6909 8104 8529 8714 9405 (+17 more)
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

Republic of Korea: Significant immigration application fee increases

Labour market access
 
N/A
 
N/A
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

Netherlands: Increased minimum salary requirements for highly-skilled foreign workers

Labour market access
 
N/A
 
N/A
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

Germany: Minimum salary increase for Blue Card holders

Labour market access
 
N/A
 
N/A
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

Nigeria: ‘Structured embargo’ on fish imports

Import quota
 
042 212
 
0302 0303 0305
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

China: Duty-free imports of goods from Hong Kong

Import tariff
 
347 353 473
 
3405 3905 8528
Announced: 01 Jan 2014

Zimbabwe: Export tax on unprocessed platinum and diamonds introduce

Export tax
 
163 413
 
7102 7110