dutiable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- dutiability noun
- nondutiable adjective
- undutiable adjective
Etymology
Origin of dutiable
Example Sentences
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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
Import rates now imposed by the U.S. were nailed to present levels on 20% of the nation's dutiable imports; they were cut from 25% to 50% on the rest.
From Time Magazine Archive
In New England, gratification at this benefit was tempered by disappointment at the bill's failure to shift leather shoes from the free to the dutiable list.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under McKinley the Democratic tariff bill was superseded by the Dingley act, which on dutiable articles is, I believe, the highest tariff the country has known.
From Historical Essays by Rhodes, James Ford
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