export subsidy

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export subsidy

a direct payment, or tax concession, made by the government to firms to encourage them to increase their EXPORTS. This is done in order to generate greater foreign exchange earnings, thereby assisting the balance of payments and helping to create additional domestic jobs.

export subsidy

a direct payment, or tax concession, or low-interest ‘soft loan’ made by the government to domestic firms to enable them to reduce their EXPORT prices. Although the widespread use of export subsidies by a country can increase its exports and assist its balance of payments, such subsidies are viewed as an ‘unfair’ trade practice by the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION and are likely to lead to retaliatory action by other countries. See COUNTERVAILING DUTY, BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR POLICY, COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY.

Collins Dictionary of Economics, 4th ed. © C. Pass, B. Lowes, L. Davies 2005

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ISLAMABAD -- Shahzad Akbar said as per audit report 2016-17 of the Chaudhry Sugar Mill, an export subsidy was obtained on the claim of sugar export while the public department concerned denied having any record in that regard.

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The government has announced a crackdown on sugar millers, but it remains to be seen whether a spine can be shown against the sugar cartel to which the previous government approved Rs.8 per kilogram export subsidy to make up their losses because of prevailing low price of sugar in the international market.

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Brazilian and Australian sugar industry groups have joined forces and are working together with their respective governments to prepare a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over any possible sugar export subsidy by India, a top Brazilian sugar official told.

Brazil, Australia to fight any Indian sugar export subsidy

The investor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, added that the food companies' share of total export subsidy arrears amounted to about EGP 1.5bn.

Investors urge government to pay export subsidy arrears

It should use the sugar export subsidy to buy sugar for distribution to poor families.

Sticky subsidies

Instead of approving the receipt mechanism, the PML-N government doled out billions of rupees in export subsidy to the sugar barons.

Govt decides to scrap sugarcane support price

However, the sector is already benefitting from export subsidy (4 to 7 per cent on FOB value of exports).

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Developed country members should eliminate their scheduled export subsidy entitlements from the date of adoption of this decision and developing country members should eliminate their export subsidy entitlements by the end of 2018.

Pakistan as cotton producer facing high input costs

The nine-page decision states that WTO members that are developed countries will immediately eliminate their remaining export subsidy entitlements.

WTO members to scrap export subsidies - 'Most Significant Outcome on Agriculture' To Date

Talking to VP FPCCI Fahmida Kausar Jamali, Tabassum Anwar of QCCI, Chairman Coordination FPCCI Malik Sohail and Malakand Investor Iftikhar Khan, he said that sugar export subsidy for the last year was Rs10 and there is no justification for the hike.

Decision to deregulate sugar prices to trigger price hike: PEW

Consensus also emerged on creating buffer stock, restructuring of loan, promotion of ethanol output, export subsidy on white sugar to help solve the current crisis faced by farmers and millers.

THE Competition Commission of India ( CCI) is looking into the possible cartelisation in the bidding for allocation of three coal blocks. " We are looking into the cartelisation aspect of the bidding," CCI member U. C. Nahta told reporters