ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Customs duties on merchandise imports are called tariffs. Tariffs give a price advantage to locally-produced goods over similar goods which are imported, and they raise revenues for governments.

Detailed explanation-2: -A tariff or duty (the words are used interchangeably) is a tax levied by governments on the value including freight and insurance of imported products.

Detailed explanation-3: -What Is a Tariff? Tariffs are taxes imposed by one country on goods or services imported from another country. Tariffs are trade barriers that raise prices and reduce available quantities of goods and services for U.S. businesses and consumers.

Detailed explanation-4: -These include specific tariffs, ad valorem tariffs, compound tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, and retaliatory tariffs. A specific tariff is a tax imposed directly onto one imported good and does not depend on the value of that imported good.

Detailed explanation-5: -The three types of tariff are Most Favored Nation (MFN), Preferential and Bound Tariff.