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The day before the announcement, Brazilian billionaire Joesley Batista—who shares control of JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker—lobbied President Trump to lower the import tax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Section 301 has also opened the door to new country-specific tariffs targeted at Brazil, at 25%, while Section 338 was cited to slap an extra 50% import tax on certain Canadian goods.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
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
Besides the state tax on imports, each city and town has its octroi, or import tax, on everything brought into the city.
From Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons
