Okuzeka
International Trade vocabulary · Customs and Tariffs

Anti-dumping duty

Meaning in international trade, with examples

nounCommon term

In international trade, anti-dumping duty means: An extra import duty charged on goods sold abroad at a price below their normal value, when these imports harm producers in the importing country.

In Turkish: anti-damping vergisi, dampinge karşı vergi

How it is used

Set after an investigation by the importing country's authorities, under WTO rules. It applies to specific products from specific countries, often with different rates for named producers. Importers check whether their product and its origin fall under an anti-dumping measure.

Example sentences

  1. An anti-dumping duty of 35 percent applies to these tyres from three countries.

  2. The anti-dumping duty made the product too expensive for our market.

Common collocations

  • impose an anti-dumping duty
  • anti-dumping investigation
  • subject to anti-dumping duty
  • anti-dumping measures
  • customs dutyThe tax paid to customs on imported goods, calculated from their customs value, their HS code and sometimes their origin.
  • tariffA tax charged by a government on imported goods, usually as a percentage of their value; also the official list of these rates.
  • WTOWorld Trade Organization: the international organization based in Geneva that sets the rules for trade between its member countries and helps settle trade disputes.
  • non-tariff barrierAny obstacle to imports other than customs duties, such as quotas, licensing rules, technical standards or complicated paperwork.

More terms: Customs and Tariffs

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: