monopolio

English translation: monopoly

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Spanish term or phrase:	monopolio
English translation:	monopoly
Entered by:	patinba

18:23 Dec 31, 2019

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Spanish term or phrase: monopolio

Hi all,

I do not understand the meaning of "monopolio" as used in this Colombian legal document regarding taxation of certain products. "productos sujetos al monopolio" is one way they use it, and "actividades relacionadas con el monopolio de licores y de alcohol potable". Does it mean "government" or something like that?

Source:

Dentro de los tres (3) meses siguientes a la entrada en vigencia del presente decreto, el Departamento, en coordinación con el Instituto, definirá el Código Único de productos gravados con el impuesto al consumo y sujetos al monopolio, establecidos por las leyes X, Y y Z.

Las entidades del orden nacional que tengan a su cargo el desarrollo de actividades relacionadas con los impuestos al consumo de cervezas, sifones, refajos y mezclas; de licores, vinos, aperitivos y similares; de cigarrillos y tabaco elaborado, y con el monopolio de licores y de alcohol potable con destino a la fabricación de licores, deberán interoperar con el Sistema XYZ.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Mary McKee KudoZ activity Questions: 37 (2 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United States
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monopoly

Explanation:
It has the same meaning as always. The Colombian state governments have a monopoly on the production of alcoholic beverages.

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Aug 27, 2019 - Each Colombian state (or department, as they're called) has its own monopoly on liquor production and distribution. They rely heavily on profits from their booze business to finance public health care.

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Subject to monopoly is fine. I found this that might help you feel more secure about it:

Use monopoly in a sentence | monopoly sentence examples
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Some commodities, however, are subject to a monopoly of production, whether from the peculiarities of a locality or from legal privilege: their price is always the highest that can be got; the natural price of other commodities is the lowest which can be taken for any length of time together.

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Asker: Thanks for that background!. To me "subject to the monopoly" does not make sense. Could you please help?

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