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dutiable

American  
[doo-tee-uh-buhl, dyoo-] / ˈdu ti ə bəl, ˈdju- /

adjective

  1. subject to customs duty, as imported goods.


dutiable British  
/ ˈdjuːtɪəbəl /

adjective

  1. (of goods) liable to duty

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of dutiable

First recorded in 1765–75; duty + -able

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“Without PNTR, the duty rate for these products would increase from 15% to 45%. Based on the 2021 dutiable value of those products, U.S. importers would pay an additional $32.4 million in duties.”

From Washington Times Mar. 24, 2022

The final Smoot-Hawley bill doubled already-high tariffs on 20,000 dutiable items to an average of 50% of value.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2016

It accounts for 39% of the Liberian government's total revenues, more than 70% of the value of its exports, 35% of its dutiable imports.

From Time Magazine Archive

After inspecting two samples by Constantin Brancusi and Hans Arp, Mr. Manson conscientiously classified them with Italian tombstones as dutiable stuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dutiable goods amounted to considerably more than half this sum, and the duties collected aggregated no less than two hundred and seventy-seven million dollars.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

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