Sentence examples for raise duties from inspiring English sources

Brazil threatened last week to raise duties on a wide range of American-made includingincarsing cand and cosmetics, in a confrontation dating to 2002.

It may seek to raise duties further on gold imports, which Indians are addicted to in part because it is seen as a hedge against inflation.

Rich nations should also grant poorer countries extensive rights to exempt staples of their local economy such as corn, rice and wheat – so-called "special products" – from tariff cuts, and allow them to raise duties when imports surge – the "special safeguard mechanism" the US would not agree to in July.

The government attempted to introduce a new sliding-scale taxation system for soybean and sunflower exports that would raise duties to 44% of the prices of that time.

So Donald Trump's proposal to raise duties on Chinese imports would dampen China's demand for American-made inputs, killing jobs, not saving them.

The recent announcement that there would be a rise in alcohol prices of 2% above inflation in the chancellor's budget, however, along with an earlier pledge to continue the alcohol duty escalator, which will raise duty on higher-strength beers from October while reducing that for lower-strength drinks, has angered some of the government's partners.

Ecuador raised duties on 600 goods.

State officials responded by raising duties on cloth and thread imports and setting up a commission to encourage exports.

He also signed the infamous Smoot–Hawley Tariff of 1930, which raised duties to an average level of 50 percent.

China, seeking to curb its trade surplus, cut tax rebates and raised duties on some steel shipments this year.

In an interview, Mr. Barbour said there was no conflict between his lobbying work and his fund-raising duties.