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Ref : EIC 419/2
14 May 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 368/2015
Ecuador: Imposition of Tariff Surcharge on Various Products
The Ecuadorian government issued Resolution No. 11/2015 to impose tariff surcharge ranging from 5% to 45% on various products, classified under under Ecuadorian Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSEC) chapters 1-12, 15-25, 32-37, 39-44, 46, 48-74, 76, 78-79, and 82-97, for 15 months with effect from 11 March 2015. Details of the products and tariff surcharge are available at Annex of Resolution No. 11/2015.
2.Excluded from the measures are goods:
| (i) | imported into Ecuador prior to 11 March 2015; |
| (ii) |
referred to in Article 125 of the Organic Code of Production, Trade and Investment (Código Orgánico de la Producción, Comercio e Inversiones (in Spanish)/COPCI), such as products for personal effects, government importations, donations, samples with no commercial value, products for emergency aid, and certain other products;
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| (iii) | other than those entered for consumption, as referred to in Article 147 of the COPCI; |
| (vi) |
received from international cooperation in favor of an Ecuadorian beneficiary town, whether it is offered by means of the public sector, non-governmental organizations (NGO), or by the corresponding cooperation entities;
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| (v) | originated in less developed countries which are members of the Latin American Integration Association. |
3.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Ecuador and/or the above Ecuadorian Resolution (in Spanish) at: http://www.comercioexterior.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Resoluci%C3%B3n-011-20151.pdf.
ENQUIRIES
4.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry