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Philippines Extends Import Tariff Reductions on Rice and Pork, and Temporarily Reduces Import Tariffs on Corn and Coal ...

The Government of the Philippines extends tariff reductions on imports of rice and pork, and temporarily reduces import tariffs on corn and charcoal products. The decision was made to mitigate the imp...

Government approves Temporary Modification of the Import Tariff from 40% to 0% for Industrial Use Corn (Decree No. 08-22...

The measure seeks to strengthen domestic agribusiness, since the corn produced in the country is for human consumption and the imported corn is used to process animal feed. This tariff reduction from ...

Mexico temporarily eliminates tariffs on imports of staple foods and key inputs/n

Mexico adopted a decree temporarily eliminating import tariffs on more than 20 basic food products and key inputs, including paddy rice, white corn grain and flour, wheat grain and flour, bread, dry b...

Brazil temporarily eliminates import tariffs on maize, wheat grain and flour/n

The country announced the reduction of import tariffs on some basic food products, such as corn, wheat grain (other than durum wheat) and wheat flour, pastries and cookies, beef (boneless, frozen) and...

Mexico eliminates antidumping duties on imports of ammonium sulfate

The Federal Government eliminates compensatory quotas on ammonium sulfate imports, expanding the alternatives to increase the supply of fertilizers, which will allow for the availability of around 800...

Anti-Inflation and Deficiency Package (PACIC)

Package against inflation and shortages (PACIC) to guarantee fair prices for basic family food basket. This measure for the benefit of the popular economy is the result of an agreement between the Mex...

Implementation- Ongoing

St. Kitts and Nevis: Measures to combat the increase in the cost of living./n

Due to increasing inflationary pressures, five short-term fiscal policy measures were adopted for immediate implementation to alleviate the rising cost of living. 1. Reduction of the Selective Consump...

Law No. 6-22, which provisionally applies a zero tariff rate in the Customs Tariff to certain goods affecting the cost o...

Transitional law (6 months) applying a zero customs tariff rate to basic food items in the Dominican family basket in response to price increases driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine...

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Bolivia increases wheat purchase prices/n

Bolivia approved a new purchase price at which Empresa de Apoyo a la Producción de Alimentos (EMAPA) will purchase the main wheat crop for the 2022 winter season, to be harvested starting in mid-July...

Partial Modification to the Customs Tariff for the import of agricultural inputs (Decree No. 504)/n

The Colombian government has decided to grant a 12-month tax exemption on the importation of 39 inputs for domestic agricultural production. In addition, the tax exemption for 36 other agricultural in...

Brazil reduced import rates to zero for ethanol, staple foods, machinery and IT supplies/n

The zero-rated products are ethanol, sugar, ground coffee, margarine, cheese, pasta and soybean oil. The objective was to ease inflationary pressures arising from the pandemic context, further aggrava...

Nicaragua expands duty-free chicken meat import quotas/n

Within the framework of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), the Government of Nicaragua will open an additional 1,533 metric tons of duty-free imported chicken meat...