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China Reinstates Tax on Contraceptives in an Effort to Boost Birth Rates
15 Dec 2025 18:18 GMT
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Nevertheless, imposing the tax is “entirely logical,” according … responsibility for birth control in China falls on women.
Only … the city of Pingxiang in China’s southern Jiangxi province. … of annual condom consumption in China, and estimates vary. …
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Supply Crunch Drives Frenzied Rally in China's Tungsten Market Amid Year-End Mine Maintenance and Quota Constraints [SMM Analysis]
15 Dec 2025 09:17 GMT
… approaches, upstream tungsten mining companies in China have entered a concentrated period … depletion data, and sales and tax invoices to ensure actual mining …
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Germany’s Big Lithium Find – a Geoeconomic Game Changer in China-Europe Relations?
15 Dec 2025 02:13 GMT
… final EV production takes place in China.
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Still, there … Australia’s lithium is processed in China. Lithium extracted from brine … put on hold due to tax breaks for shifting production … of raw lithium, but in China’s long-standing dominance of …
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France: New taxes from 2026 on small parcels imported from outside the EU
14 Dec 2025 18:13 GMT
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Taxes will also exist in Europe, as they do in China and … set to introduce its own tax, ranging from €2 to €5 … be added to the national tax being considered under France’s …
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China sets 2026 economic agenda at high-level meeting in Beijing
13 Dec 2025 02:38 GMT
China’s top leadership convened in Beijing from 10 to 11 December … deficit will remain elevated, while tax incentives and subsidies will be …
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China ends tax break on condoms in push to lift falling birth rate
14 Dec 2025 05:46 GMT
“Decisions about having children in China today are shaped primarily by … afford to have sex.”
The tax could have an outsized impact … told the Associated Press the tax was “a disciplinary tactic, a …
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Condoms to become more costly: This Country introduces strict rules on Birth control products, consumers to pay 13 per cent TAX on..., to be effective from..
14 Dec 2025 04:49 GMT
… , taxes will be placed on condoms and birth control drugs in China. … pay a 13 per cent tax on all contraceptive methods, … , these incentives will provide tax deductions for childcare services, … some backlash against this new tax on social media; according …
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Birth control: China slaps new taxes on condoms, contraceptives in effort to boost birth rates
13 Dec 2025 20:51 GMT
… taxing time for sweethearts in China.
After a 30-year … and disability service providers tax exempt; offering extended maternity … the average birth rate in China plummeting until it reached … YuWa Population Research Institute in Beijing, according to reports.
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China Taxes Condoms to Spark a Baby Boom – Protection Now Comes at a Price
13 Dec 2025 20:46 GMT
… bedroom! China slaps new taxes on condoms, birth control … taxing time for sweethearts in China.
After a 30-year … not have babies in China with these new taxes.
Changes include making … and disability service providers tax exempt; offering extended maternity …
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EU introduces €3 tax on parcels from Shein, Temu
13 Dec 2025 16:26 GMT
The EU has agreed to impose a €3 duty on low-value parcels entering the European Union from July 2026, marking a significant shift in how the bloc handles the surge of cheap imports from Chinese-founded platforms such as Shein and Temu.
The move comes as …