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Brazil includes meat in tax-exempt basic food basket

Brazilian government measure including meat products in the tax-exempt basic food basket, with impacts on food security, food access and lower consumer costs.

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Tax Regime for Phosphate Fertilizers in Uruguay

Technical and regulatory document published by the General Tax Directorate of Uruguay regarding the tax treatment applicable to phosphate fertilizers, aimed at facilitating access to strategic agricul...

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Under discussion in the House of Assembly - The Bahamas government intends to eliminate tariffs on some three dozen food...

Most of the food products that are to be exempted from taxes were taxed at a rate of 5%. These items include cheese, lettuce, salad beets, turnips, cucumbers, cucumbers, peas and beans, asparagus, cel...

Argentina: economic measures to counter rising prices

A set of measures ordered by the Ministry of Economy to stabilize exchange rates, favor placements in pesos, accelerate agreements with multilateral organizations and sustain the level of consumption ...

Executive Decree No. 43750-MAG-MEIC- COMEX for the authorization of bean imports due to shortages in the domestic market...

This decree authorizes the importation of 5,231 metric tons of beans, with a zero percent (0%) import tariff rate.

Executive Decree No. 43642-MAG-MEIC-COMEX modifying the tariff duties on imports of rice in grain and milled form

This decree modifies the Import Tariff Duties (DAI) for paddy and milled rice contemplated in the Central American Import Tariff. Therefore, a tariff of 3.5% is applied to tariff code 1006.10.90.00 (p...

Moldovan agricultural products: Council adopts temporary trade liberalisation measures

The Council adopted a regulation temporarily liberalising trade in the seven Moldovan agricultural products that are not already fully liberalised: tomatoes, garlic, table grapes, apples, cherries, pl...

Partial modification to the Customs Tariff for the importation of fertilizers and pesticides (Decree No. 1176 of 2022)

Colombia establishes a zero percent (0%) tariff for the importation of 22 fertilizer and pesticide products.

Partial modification to the Customs Tariff on the import of wheat (Decree No. 1774 of 2022)

By which the Customs Tariff for the import of wheat is partially modified and the application of the Andean Price Band System for wheat is suspended

Rice Road Map

It is a set of proposals aimed at lowering the price of rice in Costa Rica. The initiative reduces the import tariff on rice from 36% to a maximum of 5% by means of Decree 43642 (Available in OPSAa at...

Nicaragua reduces tariffs to reduce the cost of food prices/n

The Government of Nicaragua approved a ministerial agreement to reduce tariffs on several foods affected by imported raw materials, through the extension of a safeguard issued by the head of the Minis...

India allows tariff-free imports of crude soyabean and sunflower oils during this financial year and the next.

The Indian government on Tuesday allowed duty-free imports of crude soybean and sunflower oils during this financial year and the next (2022-23, 2023-24). The tax waiver will be subject to an annual c...