Export Tariffs

Export tariffs in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, export tariffs is: a levy on goods or commodities at the time they leave a customs territory. Reasons for imposing export tariffs include raising revenue, the desire to promote further processing of commodities within the country and a policy of ensuring that commodities perceived as scarce and necessary for domestic production are reserved as much as possible for local industry. See also double pricing, export quotas, Lerner ™s symmetry theorem and short-supply products.[1]

Export tariffsin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Export tariffs” entry (OAS)

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