The import tax was just the first of many special favors.
When import taxes were reduced, the shops went out of business.
At current exchange rates this is $156, for an effective import tax of 145 percent.
Jackson also called for a high import tax that the South did not like.
Prices are higher than what you'd pay back home (owing to high import taxes).
Pennsylvania recently imposed an import tax, so that's additional cost.
The whole thing cost about $10,000 including Israel's then-ridiculous import taxes.
The import taxes could be 100 percent or more of the products' wholesale prices.
Ontario then imposed its own import tax on American beer.
The proposition was based on the annual increase of import tax.