Customs Union Definition

noun
A union of nations that agree to eliminate customs restrictions among members and to follow a common tariff policy toward all other nations.
Webster's New World

A type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.

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Noun

Singular:
customs union
Plural:
customs unions

Customs Union Sentence Examples

  • The Territory is a member of the South African Customs Union.

  • In August Marco Minghetti succeeded in forming a military league and a customs union between Tuscany, Romagna and the duchies, and in procuring the adoption of the Piedmontese codes; and envoys were sent to Paris to mollify Napoleon.

  • In 1883-1888 the works for the Free Harbour were completed, and on the 18th of October 1888 Hamburg joined the Customs Union (Zollverein).

  • In the following year Natal entered the Customs Union already existing between Cape Colony and the Orange Free State.

  • An attempt was made in 1888, after the conference held between Cape Colony, the Orange Free State and Natal, to induce the Transvaal to enter a customs union.

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