an economic problem caused by payments for imports being greater than receipts for exports

A list or table of goods with the duties or customs to be paid on them, either on importation or on exportation; a list or table of duties or customs to be paid on goods imported or exported, The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed, a government tax on imports or exports, verb_ charge a tariff, transitive verb_ To fix a duty or price on, To make a list of duties on, as goods, to levy a duty on (something)

Plural form of import, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of import

the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition, The process of keeping (something or someone) safe, A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport