The tariff ceiling for agriculture products is expected to drop to 10.8% from 13.2% and for manufactured goods it will go from 9.5% to 7.3% The final bound import rate will be in place on the date of entry into the WTO on most goods, with roughly 25% of future tariff cuts to be implemented three years later.

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"Just two weeks before we launched the airline in March, we were advised by the French authorities that there would be a short delay of a couple of weeks before a customs and immigration port of entry was in place at Paris Pontoise, " he said.

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The winning entry will fill a quarter-acre area of the park and will remain in place after the 2012 Games has been completed.

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One has only to look at the stabilisation of the rupiah and the re-entry of foreign and domestic capital investment into Indonesia to get an idea of the revitalisation taking place.

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If your core portfolio is already in place, you can augment your core holdings with more specialized ETFs, which provide entry into a wide array of small-cap, sector, commodity, international, emerging-market and other investing opportunities.

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