MA9902C00 Lecture Notes - Gottfried Haberler, Global Exchange, Mercantilism
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Levy, additionally called traditions obligation, charge required upon merchandise as they cross public limits, ordinarily by the public authority of the bringing in country. The words levy, obligation, and customs can be utilized reciprocally. A simply defensive obligation will in general move creation away from the commodity enterprises and into the safeguarded homegrown ventures or different businesses delivering substitutes for which request is expanded. If, then again, a nation wishes to safeguard its home businesses, its rundown of safeguarded items will be long and the tax rates high. Political objectives frequently inspire the burden or evacuation of levies. Taxes might be additionally characterized into three gatherings travel obligations, trade obligations, and import obligations. This sort of obligation is imposed on items that begin in one nation, cross another, and are relegated to a third. As the name suggests, travel obligations are demanded by the country through which the products pass.