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Sectors and products excluded from Decree 29-89 after the 2016 reform

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Importing machinery and inputs17-importar-maquinaria.md
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Importing machinery: duty and clearanceimportar-maquinaria
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Invest · Importing machinery: duty and clearance/invertir/importar-maquinaria
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After the reform introduced by Decree 19-2016, outside apparel/textiles and ICT, Decree 29-89 no longer grants the benefits of article 12 bis; the definition of 'productive activity' (art. 8 bis) is limited to industrial apparel and textile goods (Section XI of the Harmonized System, chapters 50-63). Article 2 excludes from the law altogether: coffee, cardamom, unhulled sesame, fresh bananas, cattle and beef, sugar and molasses, uncarded cotton, crude oil and timber in logs or boards. A manufacturer in any other sector must look to free zones or ZDEEPs.

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