export tariffs

Outbound goods levies

Export tariffs are taxes a government imposes on goods leaving the country.

Unlike import tariffs, which protect domestic industries from foreign competition, export tariffs typically aim to keep raw materials or commodities available domestically, generate revenue, or influence global supply: The country placed export tariffs on rare earth minerals to maintain strategic advantage.

Opposites
direction of trade flow

export tariffsimport tariffs

Taxes on incoming goods

import duties · import taxes

trade policy stance

export tariffsfree trade

Unrestricted international exchange

open borders

Family

export, tariff, exportation

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