Sentences with phrase «by import countries»

Food exporters face even more challenges, as products exceeding the aflatoxin level imposed by import countries can often be rejected, which can have a negative impact on the brand image.

Because some differences in standards were deemed significant to domestic policy goals, consumer needs or production standards, the Equivalency Agreement also contains a few additional requirements that must be met before a product is deemed «equivalent» by the importing country.

By quantifying the impact of international trade on ecosystem services, the research team, led by Assistant Professor Roman Carrasco from the Department of Biological Sciences at the NUS Faculty of Science, showed that tropical countries are severely underpricing the agricultural commodities they produce, and thus effectively subisidising consumption by importing countries.

Not exact matches

Vehicles imported into the U.S. from Japan, Korea, Germany, and other foreign countries may become more expensive because of efforts by the Trump Administration to protect domestic vehicle manufacturing.

Oil - importing countries were also set to see a continuation in the growth recovery in 2018, the IMF said, aided by «gains from ongoing reforms, improved domestic confidence in some countries, and a steady upswing in external demand.»

According to Sheng's research, Bangladesh's textile imports from China, measured by value, rose from 39 per cent in 2005 to 47 per cent in 2015, and similar trends could be seen in Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and other developing countries in Asia.

A 2010 Washington Times op - ed, written by Richard Rahn of the Cato Institute and illustrated with a Photoshop job of the American President in an Argentine gaucho outfit, offered a litany of parallels between the two countries: «Argentina has extensive import bans and controls.

Statistics Canada released figures earlier Wednesday suggesting the country's merchandise trade deficit narrowed in January, though economists noted it was driven by a plunge in imports.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The comments were posted on the ministry's website following a decision on Friday by the U.S. International Trade Commission to continue probing imports of certain steel products from 12 countries, including China and Korea.

«If you tax that $ 50 billion at 20 percent of imports — which is by the way a practice that 160 other countries do — right now our country's policy is to tax exports and let imports flow freely in, which is ridiculous.»

Duties on imports and exports of cotton T - shirts still exist between many countries, and by strategically locating its production facilities in certain jurisdictions, Gildan has been able to ensure that it can ship duty - free anywhere into North America, the EU countries and Australia.

Instead, the political regime for controlling trade in the industry has been a quota system on imports, maintained by such western countries as Canada, the United States and European Union members.

Not only that, but under the WTO's Agreement on Textiles and Clothing of 1995, quotas that had been maintained by western countries on imports of textiles and clothing had to come off by the beginning of 2005.

It is also very likely that some iPods and other MP3 players have been imported duty free by virtue of having been manufactured in a GPT country.

The only way Malawi can import and export goods is by road via Blantyre, the country's commercial capital, to the Mozambican port city of Beria, a round trip of 1,200 kilometers (745 miles).

Since taking office, President Trump has pulled the country out of the Paris climate change accord, proposed cutting the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by 26 percent, and placed tariffs on solar panels imported from countries like China and South Korea.

Start by focusing on countries whose imports to the United States are granted favored status.

The contract «particularly important» at a time when Europe has threatened to cut gas imports and reduce its dependence on Russia because of the Ukraine crisis, said Alexander Lukin, a deputy head of the Russian Diplomatic Academy under the country's Foreign Ministry, quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency.

So affected countries would be obliged to exact compensation by imposing tariffs or other measures on goods that they import from the United States.

The terms of trade is influenced by the exchange rate because a rise in the value of a country's currency lowers the domestic prices for its imports but does not directly affect the commodities it produces (i.e. its exports).

The deal will also establish a side agreement between the United States and South Korea that is intended to deter «competitive devaluation» of both countries» currencies — which can artificially lower the cost of imports bought by consumers — and to create more transparency on issues of monetary policy.

Mr. Trump said that the United States delegation was making the trip at China's request and that he was heartened by recent remarks by its president, Xi Jinping, suggesting that he was prepared to open his country's economy to more foreign investment and ease restrictions on imports of American cars.

Excerpt below: Trump has stood by the tariffs, despite resistance from his fellow Republicans and other countries, which have vowed to respond with levies of their own, and on Thursday, Trump pressed ahead with the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent for aluminum.

«Solar import tariffs imposed by the U.S. government in January are likely to have only a limited impact on solar energy development in the country, but are likely to tip the scales toward wind projects at the utility scale,» the RECAI stated.

«Solar import tariffs imposed by the U.S. government in January are likely to have only a limited impact on solar energy development in the country, but are likely to tip the scales toward wind projects at the utility scale,» the RECAI

NAFTA provides for some relief from strict ROOs by permitting prescribed volumes («tariff preference levels» or «TPLs») of certain categories of goods to be imported into each NAFTA country from another NAFTA nation without having to fully comply with the ROOs.

OTTAWA — The United States announced Tuesday that it would impose duties on imports of a new jet made by the Canadian jet maker Bombardier, a decision likely to fuel trade tensions between the United States and Canada just as the two countries face off over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

In a great deal of showmanship, he gave global markets exactly what they wanted and needed by promising to raise the country's limits on foreign investment and lower import duties on products such as cars.

Historically whenever global demand is weak, and unemployment high, countries will try to gain a larger share of that demand by reducing wages or otherwise taxing households to subsidize production (devaluing the currency is just a way to tax the consumption of imports and to subsidize exporters).

Spain could therefore either use the imported German capital to (a) increase domestic investment (which it did in the form of a real estate bubble)(b) binge on consumption and sharply reduce its savings as a function of GDP (which it also did)(c) accept higher unemployment (which it is now forced to do) which forces GDP to fall faster than consumption falls or (d) try to emulate Germany by passing off a trade imbalance at the expense of the rest of the world (which Europe as a whole is trying to do and which will go nowhere in the long run because only one country is even remotely capable of accepting such massive inflows, and it is increasingly unwilling to import the unemployment caused by German and Asian policies).

Earlier in September, China announced a $ 300M deal to import lab - grown meat from three Israel - based companies — SuperMeat, Future Meat Technologies, and Meat the Future — as part of a broader plan to decrease the country's meat consumption by 50 %.

The latest statistics released by the Gems and Jewelry Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) suggests notable decline in silver bar imports by the country during the month of November this year.

As I later learned, imported food items are highly sought out by many consumers in developing countries, due to a reputation for quality.

Merchandise for shipment to countries outside of the United States may be subject to taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country («Import Fees»).

Since the publication of the QTR the Department of Energy is working seriously on reducing oil demand, other entities are working hard to increase domestic supply, the combination of both leaves us with an incredible scenario in which one the US is predicting to import 2 mbd less from OPEC countries by 2035 and 1 mbd more from Canada.

In the 1930s, when global demand collapsed, countries fought for shares of a shrinking market by levying tariffs on imported goods.

Standard trade theory indicates that by unilaterally introducing tariffs, a large country not only limits its imports from the rest of the world but also reduces the price of its imports relative to their exports, thereby benefiting from an improvement in its terms - of - trade.

High - saving countries created employment, and low - saving countries enjoyed faster consumption growth as cheap imports meant that living standards rose by more than the increase in production — worth around half a percentage point a year in the United Kingdom.

Trump gave U.S. steel producers a big gift in early March by imposing tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports from most foreign countries.

This approach starts by forecasting the fall in import volumes which each of our trading partners will experience and assumes that the volume of our exports to each country will fall by a similar amount.

Numbers provided by Rapaport News show the country's net polished exports, representing exports minus imports, climbed 3.8 % to $ 20.71 billion last year.

But tariffs could also raise consumer prices by limiting cheap imports from China and other countries.

Under international trade rules, a country can slap duties on imports that are intentionally sold at below - market prices or that are unfairly subsidized by the exporter's government.

Trade data for the same month revealed the country incurred its first trade deficit in local - currency terms since early 2014, mainly due to a surge in imports, although the figures were probably affected by the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Imports are also showing some signs of stabilising, having fallen by more than 30 per cent in both countries.

Keep in mind that you could still be subject to rules of origin verification by the customs service of the importing country as well.

While the deployment was small in scale, it was large in import for a president who until now had refused to send American ground troops for any sustained operations into a country devastated by more than four years of civil war.

WASHINGTON — Unswayed by Republican warnings of a trade war, President Donald Trump ordered steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. on Thursday, vowing to fight back against an «assault on our country» by foreign competitors.

Given that adoption of the TPP by the partner countries will likely take at least two years, followed by the five annual stage reductions of the tariff on imports from Japan, we will continue to be placed at a competitive disadvantage for over half a decade.