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Implementing jurisdictions

Prominent policy instruments and affected products

Policy instruments used

Financial grant

12827

State loan

12170

Import tariff

9979

Trade finance

6953

Local content incentive

3259

Anti-dumping

2843

Tax or social insurance relief

2457

Loan guarantee

2428

State aid, unspecified

1967

Financial assistance in foreign market

1790

Public procurement localisation

1712

Import tariff quota

1480

Export tax

1473

Capital injection and equity stakes (including bailouts)

1396

Local value added incentive

1317

Production subsidy

1241

Import price benchmark

1086

Price stabilisation

1025

Export ban

962

FDI: Entry and ownership rule

934

Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

933

Import licensing requirement

861

Other import charges

712

Internal taxation of imports

708

Export licensing requirement

702

Import ban

624

Labour market access

590

Anti-subsidy

529

Export quota

455

FDI: Treatment and operations, nes

432

Interest payment subsidy

415

Tax-based export incentive

413

Import quota

376

Safeguard

375

Import-related non-tariff measure, nes

353

Other export incentive

328

Public procurement preference margin

257

Local content requirement

235

Public procurement, nes

228

FDI: Financial incentive

228

Anti-circumvention

227

Instrument unclear

227

Export price benchmark

197

Export-related non-tariff measure, nes

187

Export subsidy

147

In-kind grant

144

Public procurement access

139

Localisation, nes

132

Local operations requirement

126

State aid, nes

125

Local labour requirement

78

Import incentive

75

Trade payment measure

72

Controls on credit operations

68

Post-migration treatment

50

Foreign customer limit

39

Control on personal transactions

33

Local supply requirement for exports

31

Export tariff quota

29

Import monitoring

29

Local operations incentive

22

Special safeguard

21

Local labour incentive

20

Repatriation & surrender requirements

18

Intellectual property protection

17

Minimum import price

16

Port restriction

9

Competitive devaluation

8

Technical barrier to trade

4

Trade balancing measure

3

Local value added requirement

2

Distribution restriction

1

Affected products

Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof

10633

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles

9582

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

6228

Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof

5727

Iron or steel articles

5467

Iron and steel

4872

Plastics and articles thereof

4564

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories

4491

Chemical products n.e.c.

4144

Cereals

3836

Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopes

3717

Organic chemicals

3608

Pharmaceutical products

2945

Sugars and sugar confectionery

2894

Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

2857

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof

2756

Rubber and articles thereof

2679

Natural, cultured pearls; precious, semi-precious stones; precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin

2470

Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

2444

Glass and glassware

2391

Aluminium and articles thereof

2377

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

2373

Copper and articles thereof

2190

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

2144

Meat and edible meat offal

2141

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons

2052

Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings

2017

Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags

2005

Beverages, spirits and vinegar

1988

Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster

1960

Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal

1929

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

1884

Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

1861

Products of the milling industry; malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten

1799

Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted or crocheted

1792

Ships, boats and floating structures

1750

Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints, varnishes; putty, other mastics; inks

1742

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal

1715

Miscellaneous edible preparations

1712

Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder

1702

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or paperboard

1694

Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal

1666

Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products

1637

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants

1591

Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds

1577

Animals; live

1565

Ores, slag and ash

1486

Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof

1472

Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; articles thereof

1441

Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes

1430

Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof

1400

Cotton

1368

Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations

1338

Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials

1335

Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body

1327

Coffee, tea, mate and spices

1291

Fertilizers

1288

Man-made staple fibres

1287

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

1241

Ceramic products

1233

Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof

1220

Nickel and articles thereof

1183

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

1155

Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof

1153

Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or crocheted

1127

Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

1052

Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered or laminated; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use

1021

Zinc and articles thereof

1019

Photographic or cinematographic goods

1010

Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such articles

995

Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts

954

Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)

954

Lead and articles thereof

939

Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included

937

Tin; articles thereof

922

Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof

921

Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans

896

Fabrics; special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings, embroidery

818

Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations

812

Headgear and parts thereof

781

Fabrics; knitted or crocheted

770

Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn

757

Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric

750

Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather

750

Carpets and other textile floor coverings

737

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

708

Clocks and watches and parts thereof

706

Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard

663

Silk

663

Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof

583

Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles

553

Feathers and down, prepared; and articles made of feather or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

522

Cork and articles of cork

514

Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat sticks, whips, riding crops; and parts thereof

512

Manufactures of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork

489

Works of art; collectors' pieces and antiques

433

Commodities not specified according to kind

69

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63232 policy updates

Announced: 24 Jan 2024

Last updated: 11 Dec 2025

EU: Commission proposes the revision of the FDI screening regulation under the Economic Security Strategy

Recent update from 11 Dec 2025

On 11 December 2025, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement approving the updated EU framework for screening foreign d…

Policies

1 Policy

Affected sectors

107 Sectors affected

Affected products

1096 Products affected

Announced: 22 Dec 2023

Last updated: 11 Dec 2025

China: Government announces 2024 non-state fuel oil import quota

Recent update from 11 Dec 2025

On 22 December 2023, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce published Announcement 2023/60, setting the 2024 non-state fuel oil import quota volume at 20 m…

Policies

1 Policy

Affected sectors

2 Sectors affected

Affected products

5 Products affected

Announced: 11 Dec 2025

Last updated: 11 Dec 2025

Germany: EUR 128 million State aid scheme to X-FAB for setting up a "first-of-a-kind chips factory"

Recent update from 11 Dec 2025

On 11 December 2025, the European Commission approved a EUR 128 million (USD 148 million) direct grant from Germany. The measure will support X-FAB f…

Policies

1 Policy

Affected sectors

1 Sector affected

Affected products

4 Products affected

Announced: 11 Dec 2025

Last updated: 11 Dec 2025

Netherlands: EUR 350 million for supporting Dutch businesses expand abroad

Recent update from 11 Dec 2025

On 11 December 2025, the European Commission approved a EUR 350 million (USD 406.9 million) capital injection to support the Dutch national promotion…

Policies

1 Policy

Affected sectors

0 Sectors affected

Affected products

0 Products affected

Announced: 11 Dec 2025

Last updated: 11 Dec 2025

Germany: EUR 495 million direct grant scheme to GlobalFoundries to support the developoment of semiconductor technologies

Recent update from 11 Dec 2025

On 11 December 2025, the European Commission approved a EUR 495 million (USD 575.5 million) direct grant from Germany. The measure will support Globa…

Policies

1 Policy

Affected sectors

2 Sectors affected

Affected products

5 Products affected

Announced: 10 Dec 2025

Last updated: 10 Dec 2025

China: Government grants export license to Ningbo Jintian Copper

Recent update from 10 Dec 2025

On 10 December 2025, the Chinese company Ningbo Jintian Copper announced that it had been granted an export license for the export of rare earth perm…

Policies

1 Policy

Affected sectors

1 Sector affected

Affected products

1 Product affected

Announced: 10 Dec 2025

Last updated: 10 Dec 2025

Switzerland: Reduction of import duties for certain US agricultural goods and establishment of import tariff-rate quotas for US meat

Recent update from 10 Dec 2025

On 10 December 2025, the Swiss government published Regulation AS 2025/832, reducing the import duties for 78 goods, classified under 62 six-digit ta…

Policies

2 Policies

Affected sectors

17 Sectors affected

Affected products

94 Products affected

Announced: 27 Apr 2021

Last updated: 09 Dec 2025

GCC: Definitive antidumping duty on imports of electric accumulators including separators, whether or not rectangular lead acid from India and Turkiye (termination of investigation on imports from Spain)

Recent update from 09 Dec 2025

On 27 April 2021, the Secretariat General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) initiated an antidumping investigation on …

Policies

2 Policies

Affected sectors

1 Sector affected

Affected products

1 Product affected

Announced: 31 Jul 2017

Last updated: 09 Dec 2025

GCC: Termination of definitive antidumping duty on imports of uncoated paper and paperboard (container board) from Spain, Poland, and Italy

In July 2017, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) authorities initiated an antidumping investigation on imports of certain uncoated paper and paperboard (containerboard) from Italy, Spain and Poland. In May 2019, a definitive duty was imposed. In May 2024, the definitive duty was terminated.

Policies

1 Policy

Affected sectors

1 Sector affected

Affected products

9 Products affected

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