countervailing duty

English

Noun

countervailing duty (plural countervailing duties)

1. A duty levied on an imported article to offset the unfair price advantage it holds due to a subsidy paid to producers or exporters by the government of the exporting country if such imports cause or threaten injury to a domestic industry.
2. A duty or surtax levied on an imported article to offset an excise or inland revenue tax placed upon articles of the same class manufactured domestically.

Translations

duty on imported article to offset unfair price advantage

• Russian: компенсацио́нная по́шлина f (kompensaciónnaja póšlina)

See also

• dumping