El Salvador: Exporters Give Up Incentives

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Dominican Republic trade authorities had indicated that they would retain duties on various Salvadoran products as a response to the protectionist policies El Salvador provides its exporters.

"Most companies that export to the Dominican Republic gave up the 6% subsidy several days ago in order to avoid this problem and try to solve this conflict," confirmed Héctor Dada, Salvadoran Economy Minister, to Laprensagrafica.com.

Source: laprensagrafica.com

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