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Sierra Leone: 15% tax on diamond exports

Announcement

28 Nov 2009

In November 2009, the government of Sierra Leone announced a change in export taxation.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

1 in force

Implementation date

28 Nov 2009

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Export tax In force

A 15% export tax has been imposed on diamonds worth more than US$50,000. The tax took effect on December 28 2009. This is in addition to an increase in taxes on diamonds from 5% to 6.5% and an increa...

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