Import-export monopolies of the type seen under Suharto in Indonesia had been dismantled in the Philippines.
Moreover, governments began to abuse these loopholes for protectionist ends: anti-dumping cases and import-restricting regulations proliferated.
First, Iran's merchant class, who are firm supporters of the clerical establishment, are losing lucrative import-export contracts.
Organized crime groups often run their own legitimate businesses--usually transport or import-export companies--as front groups for money laundering.
It was a basic structural problem where we became very consumer-oriented, very import-oriented.
Meanwhile, import growth should slacken as firms reduce the pace of import-intensive stockbuilding.
That leaves nuclear power, which charms Brazilian import-substitutors much as it did European ones after the oil shocks of the 1970s.
Already, import-price inflation has surged to 4.9% in the year to the final quarter of 2007 from 0.8% in the previous three months.
On his return to London, Sloane benefited from the substantial profits yielded by her departed husband's Jamaican sugar plantations and buoyant import-export business.
Mr Sinha has imposed a flat 8% import-duty surcharge (with some exemptions), and has increased duties still further on several items, such as copper.
We were able to source competitively-priced bank loans like our recently executed secured term loan facility with the Import-Export Bank of Korea and ABN AMRO.
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At the giant China import-export fair in Guangzhou this week almost everyone I spoke to said orders from Europe are falling and that's hurting China's exporters.
When businessmen complained about an import-duty surcharge of 8%, which was supposed to help them but instead pushed up their costs of production, he halved the surcharge.
The alternative, a foreign-owned holding company, must operate under tight restrictions that forbid, for example, inter-company loans, foreign-exchange balancing, import-export, or even consolidated accounts across the subsidiaries.
The mismanagement of Venezuela's petrodollar bounty has helped fuel inflation, expected to exceed 30% this year, and led to a shortage of basic goods in the import-dependent country.
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"For import-export, the Internet is the best tool, " says Benecke.
The most serious complaints seemed to involve import-export between Numbers-Excel.
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That is partly the healthy consequence of liberal economic reforms in the 1980s and 1990s: the previous policies of state-led import-substitution tended to concentrate economic activity close to the centres of political power.
The sanctions imposed on PDVSA only prohibit the company from obtaining either a U.S. export visa or money from the U.S. Import-Export Bank, as well as banning them from attempting to obtain U.S. procurement contracts.
Mr. ISIKOFF: Well, the film does focus on one character, a man by the name of Darkazanli, who is a German import-export businessman, who was an - who grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.
China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corp.
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If you need more evidence that the antidumping status quo is weighted heavily against import-consuming U.S. industries, consider this gem: three of the nine mineral raw materials that are the subject of the U.S. case against China in the WTO (magnesium, silicon metal, and coke) are simultaneously subject to U.S antidumping restrictions.
The Export-Import Bank: A similar review is in order with respect to the lending and other export-facilitation programs of the Export-Import Bank.
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Concerning the prospect of restored Soviet access to U.S. Export-Import Bank credits -- this issue should be evaluated separately from the conditions under which the United States might grant MFN status.
The trouble is that, after years of government-sponsored anti-import and anti-consumption campaigns, many South Koreans believe that most problems can be solved by saving more and not buying foreign luxury goods.
Apart from declining sales--a fallout of the U.S. import ban--Ranbaxy's bottom line was roiled further by currency-related losses (see Ranbaxy Riled By FDA, Currency).
Ordinarily, a question of whether to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) and to increase its loan limit would be about asuncontroversial a proposition as one could find on Capitol Hill.
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Having your tax lawyer act as the liaison for all communications can import attorney-client privilege.
"The sad fact is that, as things stand today, we could import foot-and-mouth again tomorrow, " he added.
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