...is, exempt from duty. (2) Subject to an ad valorem duty, which is reckoned at a certain per cent on the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. (3) Subject to a specific duty, which is a fixed charge according to number, quantity, weight, etc.,...

...is, exempt from duty. (2) Subject to an ad valorem duty, which is reckoned at a certain per cent on the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. (3) Subject to a specific duty, which is a fixed charge according to number, quantity, weight, etc.,...

...The process of uniting two or more numbers into one number. Ad valorem duty. A duty that is a certain per cent of the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. Agent. Same as commission merchant. Aliquot part. A part of a number that exactly divides the number....

...valorem duties and specific duties. 779. An ad valorem duty is a tax assessed at a certain per cent, on the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. NOTE. — Ad valorem duties are computed on the invoice cost of goods "packed and ready for shipment,"...

...equal English units. Thus, the duty on maple sugar is 3 1 per pound. An Ad Valorem Duty is levied at a certain rate per cent of the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. If this cost is expressed in units of foreign money, the cost must be expressed in units of our money....

...gallon, yard, &c., without regard to value. An AD VALOREM duty, (according to value), is a certain per cent. of the cost of the goods in the country from wldcli they were imported. In reckoning duties, deductions are made from the gross weight or measure....