tonnage duty meaning in Hindi

A consensus arose in Congress that the primary source of revenue be tariff and tonnage duties.
Part of that money would come from a four-year extension of the cargo tonnage duty through 2006, and earmarking between $ 56 million and $ 59 million a year for the program.
Furthermore, throughout the duration of the royal government there would be various laws remitting the duties on imports received on native ships, remission of tonnage duties, and exemptions for licensing and bond where applicable.

noun.

a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
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