Sentence examples for steep duty from inspiring English sources

In response to desperate pleas from Russian carmakers the government agreed to slap a steep duty and VAT on imported cars to choke off the supply.However, the domestic carmakers were in no position to take advantage of the breathing space.

China's Forestry Department eliminated steep duties on imported breeder crocodiles nearly a decade ago.

America's timber manufacturers want the Bush administration to impose steep duties on Canadian softwood imports or negotiate a new bilateral pact when a five-year agreement expires at the end of March.

In a case to be decided later this month, a coalition of solar manufacturers has asked the United States government to impose steep duties on the imports, arguing that the Chinese companies are violating international trade rules.

AS the spring furniture market opens here today, furniture manufacturers are making contingency plans to reassure retail buyers in case the federal government decides to impose steep duties on Chinese-made wood bedroom furniture later this spring.

On May 17, the department is scheduled to announce its determination of whether the Chinese companies engaged in dumping, or selling products below fair value, which could lead to steeper duties.

The hotel charges a hefty price for local bottled water and beer, and wine has a steep import duty attached to it by the government.

The Commerce Department will also decide this year whether those Chinese companies are dumping their products and getting subsidies, and, if so, how steep the duties should be.

After many years of protecting Proton, a government-controlled automaker, Malaysia is now starting to yield to pressure from other Southeast Asian nations to lower steep import duties on assembled cars.

An American trade panel gave preliminary approval to steep antidumping duties on imports of an industrial color additive from China and India that is used in paints, plastics and printing ink.

The new market economy designation Mr. Wen seeks would let China avoid the steep import duties assessed on Chinese companies that sell goods in Europe for less than it costs to produce and market them — or what trade lawyers describe as the "normal value" of these goods.