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TARIFF RATE QUOTA [16 records]

Record 1 2025-09-26

English

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

The tariff rate applicable to products imported in excess of a tariff quota.

Key term(s)
  • out of quota rate

French

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

Taux du droit de douane applicable aux produits importés en dépassement du contingent tarifaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-05-28

English

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

An import quota that allows a limited quantity of specific goods into a country for consumption at a lower duty rate during a specified period.

OBS

tariff quota : In common usage, this term is a synonym for a tariff rate quota.

French

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

Contingent qui permet une quantité limitée de marchandises autorisées à l'importation, bénéficiant d'un traitement tarifaire précis pendant une période déterminée.

Spanish

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

Mecanismo por el que se establece la aplicación de cierta tasa arancelaria a las importaciones de un producto en particular hasta determinada cantidad (cantidad dentro de la cuota) y una tasa diferente a las importaciones de ese producto que excedan tal cantidad.

CONT

El contingente arancelario reviste la ventaja de que permite al gobierno otorgar protección a su industria y regular la competencia extranjera.

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Record 3 2020-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Laws and Regulations
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

On December 30, 1981, the Canada/EEC Long-Term Fisheries Agreement... was signed in Brussels … In announcing the Agreement, Ministers MacGuigan and LeBlanc indicated that Canada's benefits from the Agreement would involve substantial reductions of the tariff rates levied by the EC [European Community] on cod, herring and redfish products of special interest to the Canadian fishing industry. This was expected to significantly improve the Canadian industry's competitive position in the European market. The fishing rights and tariff rate quota benefits under the Agreement would extend from 1982 to 1987...

Key term(s)
  • Long Term Fisheries Agreement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements internationaux
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Title of a form of International Trade Canada (ITCan).

OBS

TRQ :tariff rate quota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Titre d'un formulaire de Commerce international Canada (CICan).

OBS

CT : contingent tarifaire.

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Title of a form of International Trade Canada (ITCan).

OBS

TRQ :tariff rate quota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Titre d'un formulaire de Commerce international Canada (CICan).

OBS

CT : contingent tarifaire.

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-07-07

English

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

... the Panel determined that the restrictions applied by Canada on imports under the TRQ [tariff rate quota] were not supported by the language in Canada's tariff schedule relating to annual cross-border purchases by Canadians...

OBS

crossborder purchase; cross-border purchase; transborder purchase: terms usually used in the plural in this context.

Key term(s)
  • crossborder purchases
  • cross-border purchases
  • transborder purchases
  • trans-border purchase
  • trans-border purchases

French

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

Les achats outre-frontière peuvent être une option économique et alléchante, mais lorsque vient le temps de se procurer un siège d'auto pour enfant ou un coussin d'appoint devant être utilisé au Canada, Transports Canada avertit les consommateurs que cela est illégal.

OBS

achat transfrontalier; achat outre-frontière : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • achats transfrontaliers
  • achats outre-frontière
  • achats outre-frontières

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The official U.S. government nomenclature describing and classifying imported goods and the duty rates applicable to those goods.

OBS

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States(HTS) was enacted by Congress and made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. The HTS comprises a hierarchical structure for describing all goods in trade for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. This structure is based upon the international Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System(HS), administered by the World Customs Organization in Brussels; the 4-and 6-digit HS product categories are subdivided into 8-digit unique U. S. rate lines and 10-digit non-legal statistical reporting categories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • Tarif douanier des États-Unis

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de documentos y obras
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Comercio exterior
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Record 8 2004-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Title of a form of International Trade Canada (ITCan).

OBS

TRQ :tariff rate quota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Titre d'un formulaire de Commerce international Canada (CICan).

OBS

CT : contingent tarifaire.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Title of a form of International Trade Canada (ITCan).

OBS

TRQ :tariff rate quota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Titre d'un formulaire de Commerce international Canada (CICan).

OBS

CT : contingent tarifaire.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Title of a form of International Trade Canada (ITCan).

OBS

TRQ :tariff rate quota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

CT : contingent tarifaire.

OBS

Titre d'un formulaire de Commerce international Canada (CICan).

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Title of a form of International Trade Canada (ITCan).

OBS

TRQ :tariff rate quota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Titre d'un formulaire de Commerce international Canada (CICan).

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Title of a form of International Trade Canada (ITCan).

OBS

TRQ :tariff rate quota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Titre d'un formulaire de Commerce international Canada (CICan).

OBS

CT : contingent tarifaire.

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Title of a form of International Trade Canada (ITCan).

OBS

TRQ :tariff rate quota.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Titre d'un formulaire de Commerce international Canada (CICan).

OBS

CT : contingent tarifaire.

Spanish

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Record 14 2000-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Agriculture - General
OBS

Chicken Farmers of Canada, meeting 1999.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Agriculture - Généralités
OBS

Les Producteurs de poulet du Canada, réunion en 1999.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
OBS

Source : Memorandum D-10-18-6.

Spanish

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Record 16 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Agriculture - General
  • Customs and Excise
OBS

TRQ :[tariff rate quota]

Key term(s)
  • Inter-departmental Task Force on Agricultural TRQs
  • Interdepartmental Task Force on Agricultural Tariff Rate Quotas
  • Inter-departmental Task Force on Agricultural Tariff Rate Quotas

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Agriculture - Généralités
  • Douanes et accise

Spanish

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