Indonesia Urged to Replace Food Import Quotas With Tariffs

Indonesia Urged to Replace Food Import Quotas With Tariffs

March 11, 2013

A panel of Indonesian government advisors is urging a change in trade policy for food imports, which currently face a number of import quotas. Levying tariffs instead would discourage graft and help address high demand from Southeast Asia's largest economy. To read more, click HERE.

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