What is the chicken tax on light trucks?

In the intervening decades, the tariff was removed from all but imports of light trucks. The Chicken Tax is also known as the Chicken Tariff. The Chicken Tax is a tariff of 25% on light truck imports.

What is the chicken tax?

The Chicken Tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to tariffs placed by France and West Germany on importation of U.S. chicken.

What was the chicken tax on a 1972 Ford pickup truck?

1972 Ford Courier Pickup Truck Circumvented the Chicken Tax. Mr.choppers / Wikimedia Commons The Chicken Tax is a 25% trade tariff (tax) originally imposed on brandy, dextrin, potato starch, and light trucks imported into the United States from other countries.