Uzbekistan to Eliminate Mobile Phone Import Duties Upon WTO Accession

Uzbekistan plans to make mobile phone import duties zero upon joining the World Trade Organization. The Customs Committee announced that alternative tariff rates have been agreed upon during accession negotiations. This change is expected to reduce phone prices for consumers by 5%, though VAT will remain. In the first ten months of the year, Uzbekistan imported 4.1 million phones.

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