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Important boat tariff news

Date: 05/09/2019 | Source: http://cottagelife.com

Big news in the boat tariff world!

Cottage Life reported, "On April 30, the federal government lifted the retaliatory tariff imposed on boats imported from the United States. The rollback comes after nearly a year of lobbying from Canada’s boating industry."

These tariffs were implemented as a retaliation to the US tariffs imposed on some Canadian metals. They impacted Canada's boating industry and have now been lifted!

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