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countervailing duty
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countervailing duty
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(Economics) an extra import duty imposed by a country on certain imports, esp to prevent dumping or to counteract subsidies in the exporting country
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Noun1.countervailing duty - a duty imposed to offset subsidies by foreign governments
tariff, duty - a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"


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Department of Commerce authority to impose countervailing duties against products imported from non-market economies.
Both organizations say despite the softwood lumber agreement reached April 27, the industry must still deposit about $40 million every month in countervailing duties.
to be imposing countervailing duties on Canadian lumber shipments into the American marketplace," said David Pressly, president of the National Association of Home Builders and a home builder from Statesville, N.
 
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