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U.S. Virgin Islands: Use of U.S. rum-tax revenue to subsidize rum production

Announcement

15 Apr 2010

In April 2010, the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands announced a change in production support.

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Number of interventions

1

0 certainly harmful

1 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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No implementation date

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Announced: 15 Apr 2010
Production subsidy
The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has lured a rum producer from Puerto Rico by granting it a multi-billion dollar subsidy. The funding for that subsidy ultimately comes from the Federal gover...
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