An Import Tax is…

August 3rd, 2009

An import tax is a charge added to the price of a good when it’s brought from one country into another. Reasons for the tax include: profit for the importing government and protection of its own home companies that produce that same good. For example, the U.S. has a high import tax on sugar in order to protect the U.S. sugar industry from cheaper foreign imports.

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