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Afghanistan: Introduced royalty tax on the exports of minerals

Announcement

14 Feb 2010

In February 2010, the government of Afghanistan 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

Implementation date

14 Feb 2010

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Last action: 14 Feb 2010
Export tax In force
The Law of 'Minerals' of 14 February 2010 regulates the extraction of minerals in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for exportation. It sets a royalty tax of 15% on the commercial invoice value of a...
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