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Word: export-tax (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...Macari and other forward-looking henequeneros thought they could weather it. There are new uses for Yucatán fibers in the U.S. to make up for the decreasing use of binder twine. With a little help from the industrial-minded Mexican Government, in subsidies and export-tax concessions, Yucatán's factories might get a share of such business. The serried rows of agave would still stretch green across the Yucatán flatland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Enough Rope | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

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