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GRAVAMEN VARIABLE IMPORTACION [1 record]

Record 1 2025-05-28

English

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

... sugar producers are supported by a sugar regime which is administered as part of [a] common agricultural policy ... This regime guarantees sugar producers in the member countries a price for sugar [that] is higher than the world price. The [domestic] market is shielded from the fluctuations of prices in the international market through a system of variable import levies ... The variable import levies are used to prevent lower-priced imports from entering the market.

OBS

variable import levy: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • variable import levies

French

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

[...] les producteurs de sucre sont soutenus par un régime du sucre qui s'inscrit dans [une] politique agricole commune [...] Ce régime garantit aux producteurs de sucre des pays membres un prix qui est supérieur au prix mondial. Le marché [domestique] est protégé contre les fluctuations de prix sur le marché international par un système de prélèvements variables à l'importation [...] Les prélèvements variables à l'importation empêchent les importations à faible prix d'entrer sur le marché.

OBS

prélèvement variable à l'importation : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • prélèvements variables à l'importation

Spanish

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