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offener Zoll

English translation: open customs

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German term or phrase:offener Zoll
English translation:open customs
Entered by: Peter Zauner

12:13 Sep 18, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Law: Taxation & Customs / Switzerland
German term or phrase: offener Zoll
Hi all,

this is from a web text of a Swiss chocolate manufacturer. Specifically it is on the company's history. The sentence reads "Dank der neutralen Position der Schweiz und offenen Zöllen kann das Unternehmen aber mit dem Export von Schokolade seine Lage verbessern".

I am puzzled by the 'offen'. Does this mean low export duties? No export duties?
Is the best word for this context duties, tariff, or...?
Does this refer to export duties, import duites or both?

Thank you.
Peter Zauner
Australia
Local time: 08:18
open customs
Explanation:
I'm not sure, if "offener Zoll" is equal to "offenes Zolllager".
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Yuu Andou
Local time: 07:18
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4open customs warehouse, duty-free warehouse
Susanna Hofmann
1open customs
Yuu Andou


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open customs warehouse, duty-free warehouse


Explanation:
Most probably this is a shortened term for "offenes Zolllager" - a place to store a trader's goods without paying import tax until the goods are sold on.


    Reference: http://www.relatra.ch/documents/CHZollInformationenZEZVOZL.p...
Susanna Hofmann
Austria
Local time: 00:18
Native speaker of: German
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open customs


Explanation:
I'm not sure, if "offener Zoll" is equal to "offenes Zolllager".


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolat_Frey
    Reference: http://www.slideshare.net/lidon4ik/importexport-in-ukraine
Yuu Andou
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