ANNOUNCEMENT 27 Feb 2012

The Chilean Government has modified the applicable reductions on the import tariffs of raw sugar and refined sugar.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE

Public Finance Ministry. Ministerio de Hacienda. Decreto Exento 316/2012. Aplica rebajas de derechos de aduana para la importación de azúcar cruda, azúcar refinada grados 1 y 2, y azúcar refinada grados 3 y 4, y subestándares. http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1037534

Inception date: 01 Mar 2012 | Removal date: 31 Mar 2012

Import tariff

On February 27, 2012, the Chilean Ministry of Public Finance passed the Exempt Decree 316 to establish new applicable discounts on customs duties on sugar for a one-month period starting on March 1, 2012. The new law established different reductions on the ad valorem customs duties. The applicable discounts were USD 256.77 per tonne of raw sugar; USD 367.04 per tonne in refined sugars qualified as Grade 1 or 2; and USD 300.88 per tonne in refined sugars qualified as Grade 3, 4 and other substandard. The previously applicable discounts were USD 237.37, USD 335.16 and USD 276.49 per tonne respectively.

The objective of this decree is to establish a relative margin for internal prices to fluctuate in comparison to the international market.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
235

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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