(alsoimport levy);(import tariff)ataxplacedongoodscoming into onecountryfrom another:impose/raise/reduce import duties on sthThecountryhasraisedimportdutiesonconsumergoods.subjectto/exemptfromimportduty(Definition ofimport dutyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofimport duty
import dutyAnimportdutyof 5% to 22% (automobiles 29.5% to 100%) is levied against goods imported into the islands.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This provided for a reduction in theimportdutyon wheat, which led to a subsequent reduction in the price of food.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As domestic production was very limited, import totals rose dramatically, despite a 260 per centimportdutyon foreign vehicles.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The trade balance was chiefly derived from the revenue farms, which included the right to collectimportdutyon opium and spirits.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company receivedimportdutyand real estate tax exemptions from the government and controlled more land than any other individual or group.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theimportdutyon tea was reduced from 119% to 12.5% in 1784.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The tax exemption for luxury cars is proposed to be abolished while 1200 cc hybrid cars are being exempted formimportduty.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Diplomats are exempt fromimportdutyand tariffs for items for their personal use.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A 40%importdutyand other costs make foreign books expensive, while photocopying is extremely cheap.From theCambridge English CorpusI suggest that the procedure might be followed which was followed when we put animportdutyon steel in 1932.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/import-duty##
