``Everything But Arms'' - EU Trade Development Assistance Scheme, in an Advisory by industrialinfo.com.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2002 The following is an advisory by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. , Incorporated, Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the ). Mozambique has become the first country to take advantage of the new `Everything but Arms' initiative launched by the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community earlier this year. In terms of the new regulations, certain goods originating from developing countries may enter the EU duty-free. The first exports of sugar under the scheme have arrived in Lisbon, bringing scarce foreign exchange and revenue to the reviving sugar industry. The past sugar season was the first time that Mozambique had produced a crop large enough to have an exportable surplus after meeting domestic demand. The depredations of decades of civil war followed by two years of devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. storms and floods have dogged the country's efforts to get up from its knees. The reconstruction and rehabilitation of the sugar industry has caused the placing of strict import controls on the commodity. Mozambique will receive an annual allocation of the EBA EBA Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (German) EBA Euro Banking Association EBA Emergency Brake Assistance EBA Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (Australia) EBA Elite Beat Agents (video game) quota. The scheme began in Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown, estimated population 213,705 (2002 Guyana census), is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean. in May 2001, when Mozambique initiated the first meeting of the developing nations to ensure efficient negotiating interaction with European refiners. Industrialinfo.com provides daily news related to the industrial market place including industry alerts and databases for the energy and industrial markets. For more information on trends and upcoming construction activities for the Energy and Power markets as well as other industrial sectors send inquiries to powergroup@industrialinfo.com or visit us at www.industrialinfo.com or www.iirenergy.com. |
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