Sentence examples for port duties from inspiring English sources
A shrewd businessman, Kamehameha amassed a fortune for his kingdom through a government monopoly on the sandalwood trade and through the imposition of port duties on visiting ships.
In each no-deal scenario, the immediate impact is characterized by a sharp adjustment to a new trading relationship with mainland Europe, where U.K. exporters face a damaging combination of port duties and non-tariff barriers.
(All figures are based on Panjiva research). Auto parts were hit with $1.56 billion worth of goods now subject to higher port duties, going from around 3%to25%5%.
This week's trade talks have the potential to avert the threat of $200 billion in additional port duties, thinks Chris Rogers, a research analyst with Panjiva, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence in the U.K. In the near term, one win could include a pause in enacting 25% charges on $32 billion of bilateral trade scheduled to go into effect today.
Farquhar's administration was fairly funded and was prohibited from collecting port duties to raise revenue as Raffles had decided that Singapore would be a free port.
Like other limbs at Fordwich, Deal, Sarre and Stonar, it was then involved in maritime trade, and it shared in the Cinque Ports' duty to supply ships and men for the king's use, in return for concessions such as tax exemption.
Whatever the case, it's still somewhat puzzling that Apple opting to have the single Thunderbolt port share duties with the only mini DisplayPort jack.
Several hundred youths caused an estimated $400,000 worth of damage after half the city's police force failed to re port for duty because of a breakdown in wage negotia tions.
On the other hand, licensed relief officers engaged during relatively short stays in port whose duty it is to maintain the ship in safe and operational condition and who exercise the authority of the master in his absence, including keeping the log, checking the navigation equipment, assisting in the movement of the vessel while in port, are employed as seamen within the meaning of the exemptions.
Other sources were cargo handling equipment (10%), in-port heavy-duty trucks (2%), and in-port locomotives (1%).
