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dutiable

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

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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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

Boots & Shoes, which were removed from the free list and made dutiable at 20% ad valorem, as a "compensation" for the new tariff on hides.

From Time Magazine Archive

I always understood that clothes purchased abroad and worn by the purchaser before returning . . . were not dutiable.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lightness of the packages when brought to the scale excited suspicion, and on examination they were found to contain not arms but dutiable goods.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert

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