Tariffs

It is basically a schedule of duties or cost rates imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods. In certain areas of the world to offset tariff duties, worldwide free-trade agreements exist. 

It is important in the workplace and when legal actions occur that terms have their proper definition to ensure accuracy of discussions in the plant and/or in the court room. 

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Companies which own process facilities and evacuation routes, but no longer have the hydrocarbons to fill them, can continue to operate them profitably by renting the extra capacity or by charging tariffs for the use of export routes. 

MultiwaU. shipping sacks are suitable for transport in aU kinds of carriers from tmcks to seafaring vessels. Particular care must be taken to prevent the storage of objects with sharp projections adjacent to the bags in case of doubt, it is advisable to line the enclosure with kraft paper of a basis weight >23 kg. Additional rules for the transportation of multiwaU sacks are contained in appHcable tariff specifications and should be consulted for rail, tmck, and ocean-going shipments. 

Economic Aspects. When trimellitic anhydride was introduced in semicommercial quantities in 1962, it was priced at 1.19/kg. The price was reduced to 0.55/kg as it became available in commercial quantities in 1968. The mid-1994 price was quoted as 2.31/kg from Amoco, fob, the JoHet, Illinois plant. A price history is given in Table 32. Although trimellitic anhydride production and sales figures are not available, the pubUshed U.S. Tariff Commission s production data for trimeUitate esters provides data for the trimellitic anhydride demand trend in the United States, since the largest single use of trimellitic anhydride is for the trimeUitate esters (115). These data are given in Table 32. 

Synthetic Organic Chemicals, United States Production and Sales, 1969—1988, United States Tariff Commission, Washiagton, D.C., 1969 —1972 United States International Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., 1973 —1988. 

US. Tariff Commission Keports on Synthetic Organic Chemicals, 1941—1969. 

Economic Aspects. There is little evidence of large-scale demand for either quinoline or isoquinoline in 1996. The U.S. Tariff Commission reports no longer show separate production or sales data for any quinoline derivative. A number of these compounds are available as fine chemicals representative examples are found in Table 2. The principal suppHer of quinoline and quinoline still residue is Koppers Chemical. 

In a parahel move, antidumping duties against these three countries were also assessed for import of sihcon into the European Community. These latter duties are due to expire. The term for antidumping duties in Europe is a period of five years. The impact of antidumping duties is not straightforward, but rather is influenced by factors such as Most Favored Nation Status in the United States and by export of finished products made from materials containing antidumping duties tariff to Third World nations and in the European Community. 

The past year began with hysterical clamor for a change in the protective tariff on sugar, and other troubles that threatened the life of the beet sugar industry and which created doubts as to its stability and future growth. 

Fig. 1. U.S. sweetener consumption, 1980—1992, where represents sucrose ( ), com sweeteners and ( ), noncalotic sweeteners. In each country of the modem world, sugar production and trade play major social, pohtical, and economical roles. In order to regulate and protect export, import, stocks, subsidies, tariffs, etc, an enormous number of laws have been enacted and agreements concluded on sugar, both domestically and internationally. Also, insofar as sugar is a basic staple for a large population, each country keeps a watchhil eye on sugar production, consumption, and price, which vary widely from country to country, as shown in Table 2 (7,8). Table 2. World Sugar Production, Consumption, and Retail Prices, 1993-1995 ...

Bureau of Explosives Tariff No. BOE-6000-B, Bureau of Explosives, Association of American Railroads, Washiagton, D.C. 

Data from U.S. International Trade Commission (formerly, U.S. Tariff Commission). ... 

The principal uses of methyl chloride, as reported by the U.S. Tariff Commission, are given in Table 5. More recent analyses by the ChemicalM.arketing Reporter the breakdown in 1989 and show significant changes in the end use pattern. 

Data on the production, sales, and value of synthetic coumarin were pubhshed by the U.S. Tariff Commission until 1967 (Table 4). Later data are not available because the number of producers dropped to three or fewer. In 1992, Rhone-Poulenc was the only coumarin producer both ia the United States and in Western Europe. Commercial quantities of coumarin have also been produced in China and, to a lesser extent, in the former Soviet Union. 

Fairness and honesty of administrative procedures Availability of tariff protection... 

Graziano s tariff hsts many regulated (dangerous) commodities (Part 172, DOT regulations) for transportation. This includes those that are poisonous, flammable, oxidizing, corrosive, explosive, radioactive, and compressed gases. Part 178 covers specifications for all types of containers from carboys to large portable tanks and tank trucks. Part 179 deals with tank-car construction. 

Reduced kVA demand will result in lower tariffs since the electricity companies usually charge users on the basis of their maximum kVA demand. 

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