Brazil's importers decry protectionism.Up until 15 years ago, Brazil's central government had imposed draconian restrictions on imports of CNCs in an attempt to bolster a fledgling electronics industry. That effort collapsed, and almost took with it the domestic machine-tool industry. Ghosts of that failed policy still sway policymakers, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mario Sanz Anguita, who heads Sartiec Ltda. (Cajamar, SP, Brazil), which imports Haas, ZPS ZPS Zone di Protezione Speciale ZPS Zhangde Primary School (Singapore) ZPS Zhenghua Primary School (Singapore) ZPS Zero Phase Sequence ZPS Zero-Prebreathe Spacesuit ZPS Zero Preload Suspension , and Henri Line machines. Sanz is current president of ABIMEI, the country's year-old association of machinery and industrial-equipment importers, and he says that effective duty rates of upwards of 40% on some items do a real disservice dis·ser·vice n. A harmful action; an injury. disservice Noun a harmful action Noun 1. to manufacturers who want the best equipment to produce goods for Brazil's 185-million population. ABIMEI is currently supporting an economic study of how tariffs--and a going interest rate of 12%--hurts the economy. ABIMEI Importers' Assn., Agua Branca, CEP CEP congenital erythropoietic porphyria. CEP abbr. congenital erythropoietic porphyria , Brazil. 55-11-3856-8306. |
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