import tax

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Vietnam has prepared a draft decree that would slash import tax rates to zero on certain petroleum products in a bid to "stabilise the domestic market", its finance ministry has said.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

They had bid up U.S. futures and loaded warehouses with copper in anticipation of a steep import tax on cathodes and other less processed forms of the metal, which is essential to everything electric.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Brazil, which is the world's biggest producer of coffee, has been slapped with a 50% US import tax.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

More than 1.30 billion packages with a combined value of $64.6 billion reached the U.S. with no import tax in 2024, compared to 134 million packages in 2015, according to U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Taking off the shilling a pound export tax in England, and charging but 3d. import tax in America, made it possible for the company to sell tea cheaper than could the merchants who smuggled it.

From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach