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Japan to ease punitive tariffs on S Korea's chip maker Hynix

Saturday 23rd August, 10:47 AM JST

TOKYO —

Japan will ease punitive tariffs slapped over the last two years on computer chips made by Hynix Semiconductor Inc of South Korea following a recommendation by the World Trade Organization, government officials said Friday.

Japan will cut its 27.2% countervailing duty on imports of Hynix dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips to 9.1% on Sept 1, the officials said.

1 Comments

  • LIBERTAS at 04:38 PM JST - 23rd August

    It is to be called the "Takeshima Integrrated Tariff Surcharge" reduction. T.I.T.S.

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