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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

tariffs

Subject Category: E Economics, Business and Industry
Definition: Charges assessed by a government on imported items at their point of customs entry into the country, and paid for by the importer.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47535.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47535
Used For: import duties
Broader Term: international economics; trade
Narrower Term: ad valorem duty; bound tariffs; tariffication
Related Term: Customs and Border Protection; free trade; imports
Spanish: aranceles
Term Number: 47535

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