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Indonesia raises export taxes on key minerals

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s export tax rates for copper, iron, zinc and lead concentrates are being increased as the government tries to push miners to process metals at home rather than export raw minerals. The rates for copper concentrate will rise to a range of 5% to 10%, according to a new regulation. The tax is part […]

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Cambodia’s export to RCEP countries up 24 percent in H1

Cambodia’s total export to other Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries amounted to $4.07 billion in the first half of 2023, up 24 percent from $3.28 billion over the same period last year, said the Ministry of Commerce’s latest report released on Tuesday. During the January-June period this year, Cambodia’s top three export destinations under […]

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Philippines rejects private sector’s 267 billion pesos offer to upgrade ageing airport

A PHILIPPINE inter-agency panel chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday (Jul 19) rejected a 267 billion pesos (S$6.5 billion) unsolicited offer from a local consortium to operate and upgrade the country’s ageing main international airport. The panel said it preferred to invite bids for the airport modernisation project, which based on the government’s […]

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