Certain goods are eligible for duty reductions under special import arrangements.

Non-licence quota duty reductions are given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

Key issues relate to the Tariff, preferential duty rates and import duty reductions.

Florida's sugar and citrus growers, long protected from imports, have strongly objected to the customs duty reductions sought by Mexico.

He added: "The duty reduction applies only to domestically produced clothing from domestically produced fabric.

In such bill reports the Commission may identify drafting errors, suggest changes to conform product descriptions with tariff nomenclature, and estimate the revenue loss of the duty reduction or suspension.

All exemptions must be reviewed at regular intervals, and the PPE Group feels that it is vital to make this clear when all the current excise duty reductions or exemptions expire.

The changing situation in the wake of government policy decisions such as Rupee devaluation, import duty reductions on pulp, and free imports, and continued labour problems were some of the major factors contributing to these losses.

The ASX had agreed with the Queensland State Government to locate staff in Brisbane in exchange for the stamp duty reduction there, and the other states followed suit so as not to lose brokerage business to Queensland.

Because more than a third of Mexican goods benefit from duty reductions under the United States' General System of Preferences, the average tariffs on Mexican products now is actually below the American average of 3.8 percent, American trade officials note.

While each agreement is different, in general, if the Commission finds, as a result of a duty reduction under the agreement, that a domestic industry is seriously injured or threatened with serious injury by increased imports, it recommends a remedy to the President; the President makes the final decision on remedy.

The proposal for a decision relates to authorizations for Member States to apply a number excise duty reductions and exemptions until 31 December 1998 and to the abolition of a number of other excise duty reductions and exemptions with effect from 31 December 1996.