Common Customs Tariff
Also called: CCT
The single external tariff applied by all EU member states to goods from outside the Union, based on the Combined Nomenclature and the conventional duty rates set in it. Preferential rates, suspensions and trade defence duties are applied through TARIC on top of the CCT.
In practice
Goods pay the same EU duty whichever member state they enter, which is why choosing the port of entry is a logistics decision, not a duty one.
Applies to: 
EU
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