BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Tariff
- a government duty imposed on imports or exports to stimulate or dampen economic activity
- a list of prices at which goods or services are supplied
Wiktionary Definition for: Tariff
- a system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves
- a schedule of rates, fees or prices
- british a sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime
- to levy a duty on something
Additional Resources
- Ending The "Chicken War" : The Case For Abolishing The 25 Percent Truck Tariff
- Having made huge investments in U.S. truck production, foreign producers are not about to leave even if the truck tariff is eliminated. After all, foreign carmakers continue to invest in new U.S. production facilities even though the duty on automobiles is only 2.5 percent. The bottom line is that car...
- White papers 2003-06-18
- EPA agreement to lead to removal of tariff and non tariff barriers.(Economic News In Brief)
- Economic Partnership Agreement between Indonesia and Japan will lead to slashing of tariff and non-tariff barriers, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said. Indonesia and Japan have agreed to form Joint Investment Committee as an initial step toward E Economic Partnership Agreement between Indonesia and Japan will...
- Research articles 2004-12-28
- New Estimates of the Average Tariff of the United States, 1790-1820
- This paper presents new estimates of the average tariff on total and dutiable U.S. imports from 1790 to 1820. These previously unavailable series are comparable to the tariff figures available from 1821 in the Historical Statistics of the United States. These early tariffs were much lower, on average, than those...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Welfare Vs. Market Access: The Implications of Tariff Structure for Tariff Reform
- This paper shows that the effects of tariff changes on welfare and import volume can be fully characterized by their effects on the generalized mean and variance of the tariff distribution. Using these tools, the paper derives new results for welfare- and market-access-improving tariff changes, which imply two 'cones of...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Suppliers don't expect much from tariff easing; Steel exemptions limited in scope.(Metaldyne Corp.)(Brief Article)
- Auto suppliers aren't expecting any steel price relief from the exemptions to the steel tariff President Bush announced Thursday. The 178 exemptions, as with all exemptions to the tariff, are for specific grades of steel for specific products. I Auto suppliers...
- Research articles 2002-08-26
- CHINA TO ADJUST ITS TARIFF SYSTEM
- AsiaInfo Services 11-27-2001 China to Adjust Its Tariff System CHINA, Nov 27, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- According to Mou Xinsheng, the Director with the General Administration of Customs, China's tariff system is to be adjusted from 3 aspec AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2001-11-27
- PHILIPPINES TO MAINTAIN TARIFF RATES FOR MFN UNDER WTO.
- MANILA, Oct 23 Asia Pulse - The technical committee of the Tariff Related Matters TRM has decided to maintain the existing tariff rates for most favored nation MFN under the World Trade Organization WTO as well as to the petrochemical sector i MANILA, Oct 23...
- Research articles 2002-10-23
- SPECIALTY SUGAR TARIFF-RATE QUOTA.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- SPECIALTY SUGAR TARIFF-RATE QUOTA: USDA is soliciting public comments on the administration of the allocation of the specialty sugar tariff-rate quota TRQ. USDA is proposing to administer the specialty sugar TRQ in two tranches. The first tranche w SPECIALTY SUGAR TARIFF-RATE QUOTA: USDA is soliciting public...
- Research articles 2001-07-23
- GAC DIRECTOR ON TARIFF REVENUE AFTER CHINA'S ENTRY INTO WTO
- AsiaInfo Services 11-13-2001 GAC Director on Tariff Revenue after China's Entry into WTO BEIJING, Nov 13, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- Chinese customs will try to lessen the impact on its tariff revenue by China's accession to the World Trade ...
- Research articles 2001-11-13
- CHINA TO REDUCE TARIFF RATE
- AsiaInfo Services 11-20-2001 China to Reduce Tariff Rate CHINA, Nov 20, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- According to Mou Xinsheng, the Director with the General Administration of Customs, China is to gradually reduce tariff rate after its WTO ent AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2001-11-20
- One India plan, others to join the tariff war
- The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited MTNL and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BSNL, two state-owned telecom companies recently announced "OneIndia" uniform tariff plan. The new tariff plan will come into effect from 1st March 2006 and the callThe Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited MTNL and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BSNL, two state-owned...
- Research articles 2006-03-05
- CHINA SEES SHARP RISE IN TARIFF REVENUE
- AsiaInfo Services 07-06-2004 China Sees Sharp Rise in Tariff Revenue CHINA, Jul 06, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- In the first half of this year, the tariff and import link tax reached CNY 240.3 billion in China, CNY 65.6 billion more...
- Research articles 2004-07-06
- CHINA TO LOWER TARIFF TO 10.1% IN 2005
- AsiaInfo Services 12-01-2004 China to Lower Tariff to 10.1% in 2005 CHINA, Dec 01, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- China will lower the general tariff from 10.6 percent in 2004 to about 10.1 percent in 2005 at the commitment of China's...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- The Antebellum Tariff on Cotton Textiles Revisited
- Recent research has suggested that the antebellum U.S. cotton textile industry would have been wiped out had it not received tariff protection. It reaffirms Taussig's judgment that the U.S. cotton textile industry was largely independent of the tariff by the 1830s. American and British producers specialized in quite different types...
- White papers 2000-08-01
- Tariff-Jumping Antidumping Duties
- Using a newly constructed database, this paper examines the tariff-jumping response of all firm and product combinations subject to U.S. AD investigations from 1980-1990. The results strongly support the hypothesis that tariff-jumping is only a realistic option for multinational firms from industrialized countries. Because many firms subject to U.S. AD...
- White papers 2000-07-01
- To tariff or not to tariff - that's no longer the question. (Federal Communications Commission tariffs) (Column)
- Early last year, the Federal Communications Commission refused to reprimand MCI and award damages to AT&T in response to a nearly two-year-old complaint in which AT&T charged that MCI was making secret, preferential off-tariff deals with cu Early last year, the Federal Communications Commission...
- Research articles 1993-01-01
- Industry group rips Reagan's plan for tariff-cutting talks. (textile - apparel)
- Industry Group Rips Reagan's Plan for Tariff-Cutting Talks WASHINGTON FNS -- Textile, apparel and fiber industry representatives Wednesday balked at Reagan Administration plans to move swiftly toward convening a new round of unrestricted multilateral tariff-cutting negotiations. They particularly objected to granting such...
- Research articles 1986-07-24
- Thai Copper-Cathode Tariff to Remain Unchanged.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17--The import tariff on copper cathode will be kept unchanged at 1 percent as any increase could have repercussions on the downstream industry, according to Industry Minister Pinit Charusombat. The cabinet recently...
- Research articles 2004-05-17
- The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have passed tariff reductions that will benefit two Arkansas businesses: Sanyo Manufacturing at Forrest City and Eastman Chemical Corp. at Batesville
- The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have passed tariff reductions that will benefit two Arkansas businesses: Sanyo Manufacturing at Forrest City and Eastman Chemical Corp. at Batesville. The provisions eliminate a 4.5 percent tariff on LCD display panels and another tariff on crotonaldehyde, which is used in herbicides. Sanyo...
- Research articles 2006-08-21
- FCC grants cellular carriers non-dominant tariff filing states
- The FCG Common Carrier Bureau has exempted cellular carriers, which are considered dominant carriers, from filing tariffs in accordance with dominant carrier interstate tariff rules. When filing tariffs with the FCC, dominant carriers--which are able to control prices in their service area--must adhere to detailed tariff requirements. They...
- Research articles 1993-03-08
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