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IMPOSED CUSTOMS DUTY [4 records]

Record 1 2025-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Many countries have ... begun discussions with [the foreign country] to obtain exemptions or adjustments to the imposed customs duties. ... Negotiations are likely to be long and complex. In this uncertainty, traders should consider [a group of] strategies ...

OBS

imposed customs duty; imposed tariff : designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • imposed customs duties
  • imposed tariffs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Le gouvernement [...] modifie les droits de douane imposés en signant des accords commerciaux ou en supprimant unilatéralement certains droits. Il peut vouloir ainsi renforcer la compétitivité des entreprises [...] ou alléger leur fardeau administratif, ou encore réduire les coûts pour les consommateurs [...]

OBS

droit de douane imposé; droit de douane institué : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • droits de douane imposés
  • droits de douane institués

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Customs and Excise
DEF

An additional customs duty imposed on goods over and above the amount provided for in a contracting party's schedule of tariff concessions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Douanes et accise
DEF

Droit de douane supplémentaire perçu sur un produit en sus du droit consolidé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
DEF

Derecho de aduana adicional que se cobra sobre un producto, por encima de la tasa consolidada.

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Record 3 2006-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A customs duty or rate of duty arising out of a treaty or other international agreement, as contrasted with an autonomous duty unilaterally imposed by a government absent of any international agreement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Les droits préférentiels que la Communauté doit appliquer en vertu de l'accord doivent être calculés, en règle générale, sur la base du droit conventionnel du tarif douanier commun pour les produits concernés [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

La que resulta de los acuerdos y tratados de comercio.

OBS

En los países que emplean este sistema rige una columna única de derechos sobre cuya base establecen una segunda columna de derechos convencionales por vía de negociación con otros países. En ésta segunda columna incluyen solamente las partidas sobre las cuales con exclusión por lo tanto de las demás partidas del arancel.

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Record 4 2006-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
CONT

Imported bulk wine will not be subject to either excise duty or customs duty equivalent. Like domestic wine, excise duty will be imposed and become payable by the owner or importer of the wine at the time the imported bulk wine is packaged or taken for a taxable use in Canada.

OBS

domestic: produced in or indigenous to a particular country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Vin qui n'est pas un grand cru mais qui possède de bonnes qualités.

OBS

vin bourgeois : Le terme, défini en 1852, n'a pas de signification légale.

Spanish

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