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Local poultry sector rebounds thanks to import protection
14 Jan 2025 16:55 GMT
Imposing anti-dumping duties on chicken products has helped the local industry to recover, the South African Poultry Association (Sapa) said.
This follows Business Report reporting on Monday that frozen food importer Hume International said lobbyists …
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Shein joins US import protection scheme
20 Dec 2024 12:52 GMT
WASHINGTON – Fast fashion giant Shein has joined the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Section 321 Data Pilot programme, which enlists companies to voluntarily submit additional import entry information about packages and shipments entering the US.
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Morocco's Government to Restore 2023 Sheep Import Subsidy Measure>
29 Mar 2024 22:11 GMT
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Budget 2025 technology announcements: From AI to TVs, phones, deep-tech startups, GCCs and telecom, six key takeaways
01 Feb 2025 12:11 GMT
… and electric vehicles."
The import subsidies include components used in making …
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Trade ministry eyes import subsidies as cost-of-living bites
22 Feb 2024 20:49 GMT
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 9 hours ago
William Anyuon Kuol, Minister of Trade and Industry. (PPU).
The Minister of Trade and Industry says the government is working with the private sector to import goods to be sold at a cheaper price, while …
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AMSA: the sound and fury of a partial closure
29 Jan 2025 16:34 GMT
… public policy issues on tariffs, import protection, localisation and industrialisation. It is …
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Import subsidy not to blame for local pork’s fall: ministry
09 Oct 2023 16:49 GMT
… to drop to 80 percent.
Import subsidies were implemented to stabilize the …
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The price of project delay: Import subsidy used to pay off loan
17 Sep 2023 00:08 GMT
Money for fertiliser import has been used to pay a loan instalment by the Ghorashal Palash Urea Fertiliser Factory, the country's largest urea manufacturing plant, just because of the delay in project implementation.
The factory, which is expected …
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Fair trade or foul play? Commenting on import-protection criticism
07 Aug 2023 11:03 GMT
By Fred Hume
IN AN effort to defend import tariffs that disproportionately favour local producers, placing importers and local consumers at a disadvantage, the local poultry industry has responded to criticism directed against anti-dumping duties.
Hume …
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Trade policy has no clothes: GoI must get tougher on big business houses asking for import protection on key inputs in the textiles industry. India is losing out on creating millions of manufacturing jobs
09 Mar 2023 21:22 GMT
Employment potential of India’s textiles and clothing industry remains grossly under-realised. Its share in the total workforce remains low at 3.6% and of agriculture high at 45.5%.
While the well-recognised policy constraints originating in land, labour …