noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
import taxes/duties/tariffs
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The US imposed huge import duties on products from Europe.
punitive tariffs
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The US could impose punitive tariffs on exports.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
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Mr Varadharajan wants high tariffs to replace them.
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To stem the flow, he advocates strict trade protections, including high tariffs on imported goods.
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As a non-GATT member its goods generally faced higher tariffs and other trade barriers in world markets.
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Consequently, rulers encouraged people to produce goods for export and devised high tariffs to discourage imports.
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And the fall was greater where customers were penalised by higher tariffs for consumption above a certain level.
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Our trading partners are not going to acquiesce quietly in high tariffs on the goods they sell us.
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In the mid-1960s quotas were replaced by prohibitively high tariffs .
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The highest protective tariffs were lowered, and the tax system was somewhat reformed.
low
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The incentive offered by the electricity boards will be a lower tariff .
new
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On Jan. 23 a decree suspended import tariffs retroactively from Jan. 15 until the expected announcement of new tariffs on April 1.
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Economically sensitive goods such as citrus fruits, grapes, raisins and wine will face new tariffs .
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A Union-Republican Customs Committee was to have been established by July 1 to reach agreement with the republics on the new tariffs .
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For consumers who use 1,000 units or less a new tariff is introduced, with no standing charge.
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A new tariff for low electricity users will also be introduced which has no standing charge.
optimal
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The optimal tariff increases welfare only marginally, its main effect being to redistribute welfare from farmers to government.
protective
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Cobden's hero was the trader, who had no use for protective tariffs which impeded the expansion of commerce between nations.
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High protective tariffs penalized the peasant consumer.
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The highest protective tariffs were lowered, and the tax system was somewhat reformed.
punitive
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He described the prospect of punitive tariffs as sad.
■ NOUN
barrier
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The rich world keeps the South wedded to commodity production by putting up tariff barriers to manufactured goods.
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By 1961 internal tariff barriers had been substantially reduced and quota restrictions on industrial products had been largely eliminated.
import
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On Jan. 23 a decree suspended import tariffs retroactively from Jan. 15 until the expected announcement of new tariffs on April 1.
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Sales soared on low interest rates and declining import tariffs .
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Saitoti announced measures to promote exports, including a reform of the import tariff system to assist imports of manufacturing inputs.
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In addition to inadequate protection of intellectual property rights these included a range of import tariffs , import licensing and customs practices.
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The centrepiece of the package involved cuts in average import tariffs from 15 percent to 5 percent by 1996.
policy
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The shadow cabinet decided in April 1912 that it would abandon the referendum idea and return to the full tariff policy .
protection
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The firm obtained a nominal tariff protection of 35 percent in 1981.
rate
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Customs agents have the power to value imports and, within limits, charge a range of tariff rates .
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But when completed, the tariff rates had risen astronomically, in some cases by over 1000%.
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At the same time, Congress passed an act reducing tariff rates .
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Average tariff rates hover between 1. 5 and 3 percent, depending on the product.
reduction
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A policy of free trade, rather than membership of a discriminatory trading regime, would have maximised the benefits of tariff reductions .
reform
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No one had risked more for tariff reform than he had in 1923.
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These two forms of dissent coalesced in the demand for a stronger approach to the Tory nostrum of tariff reform .
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In the domestic sphere the policy was equally fundamental, for tariff reform was seen as the antithesis of socialism.
structure
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A commonly proposed and reasonably workable alternative to constant per unit prices is the two-part tariff structure .
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Each of these situations requires a different tariff structure .
■ VERB
cut
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He has cut tariffs , promoted privatisation, scrapped subsidies and reduced state spending.
eliminate
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Consequently, competition was eliminated and tariffs reached an excessive level.
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Their customs union, known as Mercosur, took the final step last year toward eliminating most tariffs .
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The original plan was to eliminate tariffs on most goods by 2004.
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Export subsidies will be eliminated and tariffs lowered, although some industries will be protected for another 15 years.
raise
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When a national industry is harmed by imports, governments can raise tariffs without violating trade agreement.
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So Musser raised the tariff to $ 3.
reduce
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At the same time, Congress passed an act reducing tariff rates.
set
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Rich nations have set tariffs on imports from developing countries at 30 % higher than the global average.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The aim of the organization is to reduce tariffs and promote free trade.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a non-GATT member its goods generally faced higher tariffs and other trade barriers in world markets.
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Banana group Geest jumped 11p to 365p, boosted by recent tariff changes.
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No one had risked more for tariff reform than he had in 1923.
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Secondly the lowering of trans-ocean communications tariffs may make global data pipelines nearly as cheap to operate as national networks.
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So Musser raised the tariff to $ 3.
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Their customs union, known as Mercosur, took the final step last year toward eliminating most tariffs.
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Third, the results clearly show the non-equivalence between tariffs and quotas in the presence of oligopoly.