{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Tariff Increases","description":"When a new duty rate takes effect, importers must immediately recalculate their landed costs – tariff increases are government-mandated rises in the duty applied to one or more product categories. Governments use this instrument to protect domestic industries from cheaper foreign competition, generate revenue, or apply trade policy pressure, for example as a countermeasure in a bilateral dispute. Importers must either absorb the additional cost or pass it on to buyers; in price-sensitive supply ","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/tariff-increases","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-22T16:53:31.408686","citation":"https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tariffs_e/tariffs_e.htm","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/tariff-increases","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Tariff Increases · When a new duty rate takes effect, importers must immediately recalculate their landed costs – tariff increases are government-mandated rises in the duty applied to one or more product categories. · Quelle: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tariffs_e/tariffs_e.htm"}