ANNOUNCEMENT 25 Mar 2013
In March 2013, the government of Egypt announced a change in import duties.NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS
1
SOURCE
Press Release:
http://www.sis.gov.eg/en/Story.aspx?sid=67314
List of HS codes extracted from:
http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Navigation/DE/Trade/Recht-Zoll/Zoll/_zoll_aktuell,did=806386.html
Secondary sources:
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/03/26/morsi-raises-customs-tariffs-on-luxury-goods/
On 25 March 2013, Egypt announced a heavy increase in theimport duties on a variety of 'unnecessary consumer goods'. Around 150products are affected, including food products like bananas or sea foodbut also luxury products like watches and boats
On average import tariffs increased by 210 percent.