They paid much lower prices than the Russian market to avoid export duties and then split the proceeds.
"However, it is against the law to evade the export duty."
Planters and merchants clamoured for a reduction of export duties.
At the end of 1950 the colonial government proposed to increase export duties on cocoa.
In addition, the Dutch introduced a number of taxes, including export duties, sales tax and hunting taxes.
The Canadian Government, to insure passage, agreed to an export duty of 15 percent.
The war spurred the increase of import duties so to offset the cost the government increased export duties.
Of the remainder, $450 million is spent on export duties.
The Silver Fund will pay export duty on all flatware shipped.
Farmers, on the other hand, felt that the export duties were already too high.