Tag: Imports restrictions

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 00:49 UTC

  Uruguay alert to the extent of Brazil recent measures on auto imports

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica admitted a certain ‘stinging feeling’ following the recent Brazilian decision to increase import taxes on vehicles by 30%, which could also have an impact on Mercosur partners.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 00:42 UTC

  Brazil sponsors “forex anti-dumping” import barriers to compensate US dollar devaluation

  

  The Brazilian government will propose before the World Trade Organization the implementation of import barriers to compensate for the growing penetration of foreign produce spurred by the sustained devaluation of the US dollars in recent years, said Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 07:05 UTC

  Brazil increases tax on cars with high content of imported components

  

  Brazil on Thursday raised a tax on cars with a high content of imported components to protect jobs following a surge in shipments from China and elsewhere that has been fueled by a rally in the currency.

• Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:27 UTC

  Brazil has not been ‘soft’ on Argentina and on imports from China

  

  Brazilian officials brushed aside claims from exporters that the country has been ‘soft’ on Argentina and on imports from Asia, mainly China, arguing that trade figures indicate something different and “you can’t have it both ways, liberal and protectionist”.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 12:25 UTC

  Argentina’s trade surplus shrinking under a strong influx of imports

  

  Argentina's trade surplus fell 22% on the year in June. Trade surplus last month 1.02 billion dollars, down from a revised 1.31 billion in June 2010, according to the national statistics agency, Indec.

• Saturday, July 9th 2011 - 07:03 UTC

  Fiat confirms trade disputes between Argentina and Brazil

  

  Fiat will trim some production in Brazil and Argentina for a week because of a trade spat between the South American neighbours, the Italian car maker said on Friday.

• Friday, May 13th 2011 - 14:03 UTC

  Brazil tightens requirements for car imports: Argentina and Asia targeted

  

  Brazil is tightening requirements for imports of cars in a move that sparked complaints from Argentina, its biggest supplier of the product. Imports to Brazil will need a special license that can take as long as 60 days to be approved, the Trade Ministry said in an e-mailed statement.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 07:14 UTC

  Argentine economy growing strong, benefits from imports’ restrictions

  

  Argentina's industrial output rose sharply and the trade surplus beat market expectations during the month of February signalling that the economy is still growing strong.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2011 - 05:55 UTC

  Argentine has ‘liberated’ 75% of retained import licences says Uruguayan minister

  

  Uruguay’s cabinet meeting spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that Argentina had “liberated” 75% of the import licences that remained delayed and which was one of the main points of the agenda in the recent summit between Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Thursday, February 17th 2011 - 01:18 UTC

  Argentina’s boost-industry import restrictions estimated in one billion US dollars

  

  Imports restrictions imposed this week by the Argentine government with the purpose of “preserving the re-industrialization process” cover approximately 200 products totalling annual imports of a billion US dollars, according to preliminary reports.