Moreover, the U.S. is in fifth place in terms of import markets for China.
That pattern met the needs of centralised political control and the policy of import substitution pursued until 1982.
The firm has also long benefited from the Indian structure of import duties.
Competing was not necessary in the days of import tariffs and government-guaranteed prices.
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Meanwhile, import growth should slacken as firms reduce the pace of import-intensive stockbuilding.
On our side, we could agree to reform or scrap our protectionist dumping laws and a host of import quotas.
Informal talks between finance ministers have taken place to try to solve some early problems regarding removal of import tariffs.
Price parity is net of transportation costs and of import taxes both.
Some are technical: IFRS allows fewer securitised assets to be kept off the books than GAAP does, for instance a matter of import for banks.
The lowering of import barriers across Asia is greasing this plan.
Notice the significant slowdown of import demand quarter over quarter in Brazil, where interest rates and other credit reduction measures have started to slow the economy.
Officials from the two sides are expected to discuss the reduction of import tariffs for some Mexican products, such as chicken or tequila, according to the Mexican government.
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Despite a doubling of import duty on the metal recently, the purchase of gold continues unabated: India imported a whopping 850 tonnes of the yellow metal in 2012.
"The myth of import superiority is being destroyed, " he said.
The incident encouraged a loosening of import rules on Beanies.
Having any sort of import tariffs seems insane to me but having them not on assembled boards but only on components seems even more stupid than merely being insane.
Some observers believe that India has more to fear from the relaxing of import duties with other members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) than it does from Nepal.
Ford had complained, for instance, that Korea limited the hours that foreign brands could advertise, audited the tax returns of import car owners and manipulated its currency to protect Korean carmakers.
One more doubling of import demand and China will be wanting to import 600 million tons per year, about the total amount of coal exported by all exporting nations last year.
"Some countries on mainland Europe have more gas storage capacity than the UK but they don't have the benefit of North Sea supply and our extensive range of import infrastructure, " the spokeswoman said.
If this limit is breached, HM Revenue and Customs can insist on the payment of import duty and VAT of up to 20% on many items, which may include those prized jeans or iPods.
Then the specialized software spent about 30 seconds turning the raw data in to useable measurements for inseam, waist, chest and just about any other body part that could be of import to a tailor.
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It is the lot of today's power players to have assumed positions of import at a time when, by all accounts, it has become harder and harder to get things done in the nation's capital.
In February, Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar and Nissin Sugar announced plans to start joint production as a way of preparing for the end of Japan's sugar-price support system and the elimination of import tariffs next year.
We're at a pivotal moment and I think the President wants to ensure that he has all that he needs and has heard from all that have equities in this in order to make a decision of import.
It would also extend the life span of import restrictions to ten years from five and grant the President the power to impose emergency restrictions on the importation of cultural artifacts from any country in the world, like Afghanistan, not just Unesco-convention parties.
It would also extend the life span of import restrictions to ten years from five and grant the President the power to impose emergency restrictions on the importation of cultural artifacts from any country in the world, like Afghanistan, not just Unesco convention parties.
Natalie Swango, manager of Luthiers Mercantile, the California-based import firm that brought the Gibson wood into the US, says there are clear dangers of criminalising the import of legally sourced wood.
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