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  • Mr. Patnaik said his government is also seeking an increase in the coal royalty rate to 20% on an ad valorem basis from 13% currently.

    Posco Likely to Get Clearance Soon Saurabh Chaturvedi 2011

  • Agence France-Presse/Getty Images On Metals and Mining: Duty on the export of iron ore has been raised to ad valorem 20% on lumps as well as fines.

    India's Budget: Industry Speaks 2011

  • Matt, you are confusing alcohol excise taxes (which are almost always per bottle) with ad valorem sales tax (proportional to price), and that makes your post inconsistent.

    Matthew Yglesias » Higher Taxes on Alcohol 2010

  • Your argument that alcohol tax would not be as regressive as most consumption taxes is premised on it being an ad valorem tax.

    Matthew Yglesias » Higher Taxes on Alcohol 2010

  • Killeen and Sid Miller of Stephenville, including an exemption from ad valorem taxes for 100 percent disabled veterans.

    Media Coverage August 2009 2010

  • He advocated modest “ad valorem” tariffs that taxed imports on a percentage basis so the “articles consumed by all are taxed at the same rate.”

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • He advocated modest “ad valorem” tariffs that taxed imports on a percentage basis so the “articles consumed by all are taxed at the same rate.”

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • The ad valorem rates on a few commodities would reach as high as 100 percent, and rates on some products—wine and some apparel items, for example—actually would increase.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • The ad valorem rates on a few commodities would reach as high as 100 percent, and rates on some products—wine and some apparel items, for example—actually would increase.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • Its primary feature was that it substituted the specified dollar tariffs of the 1842 bill imposed irrespective of import commodity prices with ad valorem taxes, meaning percentage rates that would fluctuate with price.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

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