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Agriculture tax to be phased out

China announced that it plans to incrementally reduce and eventually abolish the country's agriculture tax. The phasing out of the 8% agricultural tax is expected to reduce the financial burden of China's farmers by US$580 million per year. The per capita annual income of China's farmers in 2003 was US$317.

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