page_title: Export
section_title: Tariffs
hierarchical_section_title: Export / Barriers / Tariffs
caption_attribution_description: English: MV Bunga Raya Satu, Malaysia at the Container Terminal Altenwerder (Hamburg, Germany) IMO Number: 9157698 MMSI Number: 533298000 Callsign: 9MCR5 Length: 258 m Beam: 32 m
context_page_description: An export in international trade is a good or service produced in one country that is sold into another country. The seller of such goods and services is an exporter; the foreign buyer is an importer.
  Export of goods often requires the involvement of customers authorities. From the buyer's point of view an export is an import.
context_section_description: A tariff is a tax placed on a specific good or set of goods exported from or imported to a countryside, creating an economic barrier to trade. A tariff may be used when domestic producers are having difficulty competing with imports. Tariffs may also be used to protect an industry that the country views as a matter of its national security. 
  Some industries receive protection that has a similar effect to subsidies; tariffs reduce the industry's incentives to produce goods quicker, cheaper, and more efficiently, becoming ever less competitive.
  The third basis for a tariff involves dumping. When a producer exports at a loss, its competitors may term this dumping. Another case is when the exporter prices a good lower in the export market than in its domestic market. The purpose and expected outcome of a tariff is to encourage spending on domestic goods and services rather than their imported equivalents.
  Tariffs can create tension between countries. Examples include the United States steel tariff of 2002, and when China placed a 14% tariff on imported auto parts. Such tariffs usually lead to a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) which sets rules and attempts to resolve trade conflicts. If that is unsatisfactory, the exporting country may choose to put a tariff of its own on imports from the other nation.
caption: Vessel at Altenwerder Container Terminal (Hamburg)
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