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Egypt: Export duty on plastic waste further increased

Announcement

30 Aug 2017

In August 2017, the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry increased the export duty on plastic waste for one year. In August 2018, the duty level was extended without setting a termination date.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

30 Aug 2017

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Last action: 30 Aug 2017
Export tax In force
On 30 August 2017, the Egyptian official gazette published decree no. 1164 increasing the export duty on plastic waste (HS 3915) as per Ministerial Decree no. 1321/2016 for one year. The duty level in...
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