Sentence examples for hefty duties from inspiring English sources

In Belgium it led to hefty duties on genever, a gin-like drink consumed by the Dutch, hitting its popularity.

[C3.] U.S. Says It Will Accept Nafta Decision on Lumber The Commerce Department said that it would accept a Nafta panel ruling in a long-running dispute with Canada and would substantially reduce hefty duties on Canadian softwood lumber.

The Scotch whisky industry has applauded a decision by George Osborne to agree to a "historic" cut in duty for whisky, after he trimmed 2% off the hefty duties paid on each bottle.

The Bush administration sought the decision from the panel, the International Trade Commission, last summer and now is widely expected to impose hefty duties or quotas on foreign-made steel early next year.

This represented a shift, in that the discipline got going, in the 19th century, specifically at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (which would later graduate Donald J. Trump), as a shill for business interests who wanted hefty duties on the imports of competitors.

The Trump administration is slapping hefty duties on billions of dollars of lumber imported from Canada, marking an escalation of trade tensions ahead of the president's promised effort to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Then, of course, there would be the Chinese retaliation against a hefty duty on their goods.

The long-sleeves and knee-length hem of the Alexander McQueen sheath perfectly offset the risqué neckline (even though we're sure there was some hefty duty double-stick tape involved).

Hefty excise duties in Poland its taxes are a whopping euro22.50 per hundred litres, over twice as much as in Germany (but one-third as high as in Britain, and on a par with America)—have triggered a bout of price competition, stunting the growth of costlier premium brands.

Anguilla has a hefty stamp duty of 12.5percentt for foreigners on top of a 5percenttransferer tax, a large chunk of money that agents said is offset in part by minimal property taxes.

First-time buyers Jeremy Gray and Aisling Ward, both 24, think property prices are steep enough without having to pay a hefty stamp duty bill on top, so they will be disappointed by the chancellor's decision to leave thresholds at their current levels.