ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Sep 2018

The government of Chile decreased the applicable discounts on the applicable customs duties on sugar.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE

Public Finance Ministry. Ministerio de Hacienda. Decreto Exento 277/2018. Aplica rebajas de derechos de aduana para la importación de azúcar refinada grados 1 y 2, y azúcar refinada grados 3 y 4, y subestándares. Available at: https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1123443

Inception date: 01 Oct 2018 | Removal date: 31 Oct 2018

Import tariff

On 28 September 2018, the Chilean Government issued Exempt Decree 277/2018 decreasing the applicable discounts on customs duties on sugar for a one-month period starting on 1 October 2018.

The new legislation established different reductions on the ad valorem customs duties. The applicable discounts set were USD 65.91 per tonne for refined sugars qualified as Grade 1 or 2; and USD 11.11 per tonne for refined sugars qualified as Grade 3, 4 and other substandard. The previously applicable discounts were USD 66.28 and USD 13.60 per tonne of sugars qualified as Grade 1 or 2 and as Grade 3, 4 and other substandard respectively.

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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