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Import Duties Act, 1932

Import Duties Act, 1932
The UK Act of Parliament marking the end of the era during which free trade was the accepted normal national trading policy. The Import Duties Act imposed a 10 per cent tariff on most items from non-Commonwealth countries, except food and raw materials, thus marking the end of free trade and the start of the policy of Imperial Preference.

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