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SACU: Customs duty exemption on plug inserts and sockets

On 28 May 2010, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued Notice no. 441 exempting the import tariff on plug inserts and sockets.  The duty reduction was requested by Apex Power Cord Set...

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SACU: Customs duty exemption on components for set top boxes

On 8 October 2010, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued Notice no. 871 exempting the import tariff on certain components used in the production of set top boxes.  The duty reduction was...

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Brazil: Temporary decrease of import tariff on 20 IT goods

On 24 November 2015, the Brazilian Foreign Trade Council (Camex) issued Resolution no. 111 decreasing the import tariff on 20 tariff codes related to goods from the IT and telecommunications sector to...

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Brazil: Temporary decrease of import tariff on 136 IT goods

On 24 November 2015, the Brazilian Foreign Trade Council (Camex) issued Resolution no. 112 decreasing the import tariff on 136 tariff codes related to capital goods to 2% (from 14%). The measure took...

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SACU: Customs duty exemption on goods for the manufacture of electricity meters

On 20 November 2015, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued Notice no. 1159 exempting the import tariff goods for the manufacture of electricity meters. The Notice has a retrospective effect...

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Germany: Federal programme for increased energy efficiency in agriculture &...

 On 2 November 2015, the German Agriculture Ministry announced a federal programme to increase energy efficiency in the country's agricultural and horticultural industries. The programme is the...

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Germany: Introduction of the Grassland Milk Programme

 On 1 January 2010, the German government introduced the Grassland Milk Programme ("Grünlandmilchprogramm") aimed at supporting dairy farmers. The state aid will be delivered to the farmers as a...

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Germany: Tax relief for industrial gas producers

On 1 January 2011, the German government amended its energy taxation law to include a tax relief for industrial gas producers. Producers of industrial gases will be exempt from the electricity tax if...

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Germany: State aid for non-ferrous metal industry

 On 13 August 2009, according to the 22nd subsidy report by the Finance Ministry, the German government introduced a state aid scheme worth 40 million EUR. The scheme is aimed at supporting the...

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Russian Federation: Anti-crisis subsidies for the local agricultural sector...

On 3 December 2015 the Russian Government approved Resolution No. 2477-p as part of its anti-crisis measures. It allocated 1350.9 billion Russian Roubles (approximately 19.5 billion USD) for the...

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Russian Federation: Substantially increased state fees for foreign workers...

On 21 July 2014 the Russian Government approved Federal Law No.221-FZ. It entered into force as of 1 January 2015. It considerably raised the state fees for foreign workers from visa-requiring...

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India: Interest Equalisation Scheme - interest subsidy for exporters announced

 On 18 November 2015, the Indian Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved an Interest Equalisation Scheme (earlier known as the Interest Subvention Scheme) that essentially provides an interest...

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Mexico: Introduction of export and import licensing for tomatoes and various...

On the 5 December 2013 the Ministry of Economy announced the introduction of automatic import licensing requirements (aviso automático de importación) for various steel products. Additionally, tomatoes...

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Russian Federation: Decreased quota for foreign workers from visa-requiring...

On 12 December 2015 the Russian Government approved Decree No. 1359. It decreased as of 1 January 2016 the quotas issued to foreign workers originating from visa requiring countries by 25 percent...

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Russian Federation: State support for the Russian automobile industry

On 19 December 2015 the Russian Government approved Decree No. 1383. It allocates 1 billion Russian Roubles (approximately 14 million USD) from the Federal budget to Russian automobile and automobile...

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SACU: Duty reduction on display panels

On 1 January 2012, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) reduced the customs duty on display panels originating from the EU and EFTA from 2.6 and 10 percent to free and 7.6 percent, respectively....

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Kazakhstan: Introduction of export duty on various products

On 7 July 2010 the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan approved Decree No. 520 of 7 June 2010. It introduced export duties on a number of goods.  Export duty rates are calculated in USD values per...

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Kazakhstan: Abolition of export duty on various aluminium products

On the 5 August 2013 the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan approved Decree No. 788. It entered into force on 15 August 2013 and introduced changes to Decree No. 520 of 7 June 2010. Concretely,...

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Argentina: Argentina eliminates export taxes on several agricultural products...

On 14 December 2014, the government of Argentina announced its decision to eliminate the export taxes on the following products: wheat, corn, sunflower, sorghum and meat. Furthermore, the government...

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Kazakhstan: State support under "Business Roadmap 2020" for entrepreneurs in...

According to a press release of the official website of the Prime Minister of Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22 December 2015, 7.2 billion tenge (ca. 20.88 million USD) were allocated to...

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