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Zero tariff to African countries.


China offers zero tariff treatment to 26 African countries on the export of commodities under 454 items, effective July 1st, 2007. Some chemical products and related products such as quartz, silicon dioxide silicon dioxide: see silica.


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From January 1st, 2005 the Chinese government offered step by step zero tariff treatment to 28 undeveloped African countries on the export of commodities under 194 items. By the end of 2006, the total value of favored commodities imported from Africa was US$350 million.

These African countries with Zero Tariff Treatment are: Ethiopia, Benin, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Eritrea, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Rwanda, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Chad and Central Africa.
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Title Annotation:NEWSDESK: Finance
Publication:China Chemical Reporter
Date:Jul 16, 2007
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