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The Customs Authority has finalized the customs tariffs rates under the Mercosur freetrade agreement<\/strong>, which came into effect<\/a> last month, Al Masry Al Youm reports<\/a>. The authority has also divided commodities into five groups that will gradually become customs-exempt over the course of 10 years. Customs exemptions on \u201cstrategic commodities\u201d will be determined by a joint Egypt-Mercosur committee. No details were provided on the commodities in each of the groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Customs Authority has finalized the customs tariffs rates under the Mercosur freetrade agreement, which came into effect last month, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The authority has also divided commodities into five groups that will gradually become customs-exempt over the course of 10 years. 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