dutiable

Example Sentences

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“Without PNTR, the duty rate for these products would increase from 15% to 45%. Based on the 2021 dutiable value of those products, U.S. importers would pay an additional $32.4 million in duties.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2022

The final Smoot-Hawley bill doubled already-high tariffs on 20,000 dutiable items to an average of 50% of value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2016

Import rates now imposed by the U.S. were nailed to present levels on 20% of the nation's dutiable imports; they were cut from 25% to 50% on the rest.

From Time Magazine Archive

The most notable example occurred in 1971, when, without advance warning, President Nixon devalued the dollar and slapped a 10% surcharge on all dutiable imports to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under McKinley the Democratic tariff bill was superseded by the Dingley act, which on dutiable articles is, I believe, the highest tariff the country has known.

From Historical Essays by Rhodes, James Ford