China drops tariffs on imports from 33 poor states

| Friday June 25, 2010 00:00

It said that from July 1, it would scrap tariffs on about 60 percent of imports from countries on the list, which include Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Madagascar, the Comoros and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Burundi, Malawi, Mozambique, Benin, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Central African Republic are also on the list. In Asia-Pacific, beneficiaries include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Samoa and Vanuatu.

Since 2001, China has had 41 countries on the zero-tariff list.-(Reuters)