Specific duty

Related to Specific duty: Ad valorem duty, duty bound
a duty of a specific sum assessed on an article without reference to its value or market.
(Com.) See under Duty.

See also: Duty, specific

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The definitive safeguard measure in the form of a specific duty will be applied for a period of three years from the effectivity of the provisional
'You have a specific duty and your role and requirements should be determined by the people,' he said.
Frozen beef could even face a specific duty of 298%.
The tariff on cigarettes is 100 per cent of cost, insurance and freight of a shipment along with a minimum specific duty equal to SAR 100 per 1,000 cigarettes.
Every word is delegated a specific duty in a work that leaves little to the imagination.
Egypt, on the other hand, imposed a specific duty of 55 cents per kilogram of yarn in December 2011.
"We have a specific duty to those individuals and their families," he said.
This scheme sets a reference price (ie a minimum price) on imports of fruit and vegetables into the Union and can provide for a specific duty. According to a statement by the Commission, the duty is imposed if the reference prices for imported fruit and vegetables are not respected.
The only exception from full liberalization is the specific duty for imports of fruit and vegetables under the entry price system, said the release.
plus an additional specific duty of 1,200 Euros per tonne.
The most arresting part by far is that of Hill, whose specific duty on the fateful day was to protect the First Lady.

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