Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/411/REV.1 |
S-Table-3.16 |
Kyrgyz Republic |
2021 |
Measures |
Tax concessions |
Not specified |
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Table 3.16 VAT exemptions on imported goods, works, and services
Tax code reference: 257
Good, work, or service: Materials used to assist after the consequences of natural disasters, armed conflicts
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/411/REV.1 |
S-3§86 |
Kyrgyz Republic |
2021 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
Not specified |
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3.86. The main import prohibitions and restrictions derive from the EAEU rules as contained in Articles 46 and 47 of and Annex 7 to the EAEU Treaty, (...) The rationales for introducing unilateral non-tariff measures are defined in Annex 7: (i) protect human life and health and the environment, animals, and plants; (...) (iii) prevent the exhaustion of natural resources; (...).
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Conservation
Environment
Natural resources
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/409 |
G-3§2 |
Tonga |
2021 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Other measures |
Not specified |
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3.2. In particular, the process helped to align the Tonga Strategic Development Framework (TSDF II) 2015–25 with the SDGs, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway 2014 and the Framework for Pacific Regionalism (FPR) 2014. This has had a number of benefits: (...) It has examined Tonga's monitoring and evaluation needs, to localize SDG targets and indicators, building national capacity to collect data and strengthen statistical analysis, and improve monitoring through a national tracker database, which maps policy, planning and budget documents and their targets and indicators.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/409 |
G-3§4 |
Tonga |
2021 |
Trade Policy Framework |
General environmental reference |
Not specified |
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3.4. The Tonga Strategic Development Framework (TSDF II) governs long-term national planning. It is structured around seven national outcomes: (...) (f) land, the environment and climate, (...).
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/409 |
G-3§9 |
Tonga |
2021 |
Measures |
Grants and direct payments, Loans and financing |
Not specified |
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3.9. In 2020, the IMF's Climate Change Policy Assessment (CCPA) estimated that the climate resilience projects Tonga needs will cost 140% of GDP. So far, donors have committed to fund approximately half of this figure.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/409 |
G-4§18 |
Tonga |
2021 |
Trade Policy Framework |
Other measures |
Not specified |
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4.18. Tonga is the smallest of the Pacific WTO Members in terms of both population and GDP. In common with most small island developing states (SIDS), state-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in the economy. There are many reasons for this. (...) Additional challenges, such as the need for economic operators to provide equally for the needs of remote populations on outer islands, even when this is not profitable, and to rebuild from frequent natural disasters, mean that SOEs are often the simplest means of achieving a complex set of objectives.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/409 |
G-7§4 |
Tonga |
2021 |
Trade Policy Framework |
General environmental reference |
Not specified |
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7.4. A further challenge is to identify how the multilateral trading system can do more to build the resilience of international trade to natural disasters, especially for small countries. Whilst many discussions are taking place in international fora on developing resilience to climate change, the WTO also has a vital role to play to ensure that the trade dimension of resilience is not overshadowed.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/409/REV.1 |
S-Summary§10 |
Tonga |
2021 |
Measures |
Import licences |
Not specified |
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10. Import licensing requirements continue to be used mainly for national security, public safety, health, and environmental reasons. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/409/REV.1 |
S-2§12 |
Tonga |
2021 |
Trade Policy Framework |
General environmental reference |
Not specified |
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2.12. Tonga is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) that remains dependent on trade to meet its needs for the wide range of modern capital and consumer goods required for building its economy and reaching its sustainable development goals. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/409/REV.1 |
S-2§13 |
Tonga |
2021 |
Trade Policy Framework |
General environmental reference |
Not specified |
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2.13. The [Tonga Strategic Development Framework] TSDF 2015-2025 recognizes that progressive, sustainable, and inclusive development and higher quality of life are not possible in isolation from the rest of the Pacific and the world. Access to new knowledge, progressive ideas, trade, and employment opportunities, as well as foreign investment and development assistance, that are accessible to all are essential. (...).
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