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Egypt: Tariffs on yarn abolished, subsidy put in place instead

Announcement

16 Apr 2009

On 16 April 2009, the Egyptian government amended its cotton policy. In the year prior to the stated measure, no single trading partner has more than the GTA minimum threshold of USD 1 million worth of trade on the affected tariff line.

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Number of interventions

2

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

16 Apr 2009

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 16 Apr 2009
Production subsidy In force
Instead, local producers are to be provided with a LE2.75 subsidy per kilo of yarn spun from Egyptian cotton.
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Implementation date

16 Apr 2009

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 16 Apr 2009
Import tariff In force
Previously imposed tariffs on imported yarn were removed.
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