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Korea imposes environmental waste charges on certain items that contain harmful substances and are difficult to recycle (Act on Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources). The charge is intended to ensure that manufacturers bear the cost of processing waste. It applies equally to imports and domestic goods.

(...) The Environment Tax is applied, at 2%, to all non-CARICOM imports (Sections 3.1.2 and 3.1.3).

(...) A natural resource tax applies to the oil and gas industry and to businesses involved in the exploitation of rare and precious resources, including oil shale/petroleum and natural gas, metallic/non-metallic minerals, construction materials, peat, anthracite, hydro-electric power, and land concessions. Tobacco, coffee, tea, and flower seeds are also subject to the natural resource tax. The applicable rates vary from 5% to 25% of the sale or export price, or are based on a tax per cubic metre. For wood, the taxes vary depending upon the type of wood.

An environmental levy is imposed on imports of used motor vehicles.(...) Following the enactment of the Traffic Safety Act, 2018, an imported truck aged five years or more attracts the environmental levy at 20% of the c.i.f. value. In addition, used clothing, used shoes and other used articles are subject to the environmental levy at 15% of the c.i.f. value.

Table 3.4 Federal excise taxes
Fund/subject Products
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General funds
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Ozone-depleting chemicals Certain CFC and related chemicals
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Norway has an Excise Act and related regulations that provide the framework for excise duties, together with the Storting's annual decisions on each of the excise duties respectively. The excise rates are updated annually by the Storting, in line with changes in the consumer price index, so that the tax incidence will remain unchanged. As of 2018, there were 17 categories of excise duties applied mainly on goods, but also on emissions (NOx) (...)

The applied rate appears fairly low compared to those of other countries, especially the CARICOM's CET. If one takes into account other charges such as inspection fees and the environmental protection tax (Section 3.2.5), however, protection at the border is high. (...)

Table 3.6 Excise tax rates, 2017-18
Rates
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Mineral oils, mineral oil derivatives and their substitutes (…) Natural gas (HS 2711 11 and 2711 21) used as motor fuel, industrial and commercial purposes, and for heating: zero. Fuel oil (HS 2710 19 61 00 to 2710 19 69 00), €19.50 per 1,000 kg (...) Bio fuel, €350 per 1,000 litres
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Colombia also levies a national carbon tax, introduced by Law No. 1.819 of 2016, on the sale, withdrawal and import of fossil fuels according to their carbon content, including all petroleum derivatives and all types of fossil gas used for energy purposes, provided they are used for combustion. The sale of marine diesel and fuels used for refuelling ships in international traffic are excluded, as this operation is considered an export. This is a specific tax which takes into account carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, corresponding to Col$15,000 per tonne of CO2; the values per unit according to the type of fuel are shown in Table 3.12. The resources collected go to the Fund for Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Rural Development in conflict affected areas.

In case of import from non EAEU member countries customs authorities calculate and collect (…) environmental taxes before release of goods except for the cases fixed in legislation.