Nontariff barriers

Nontariff barriers is when all the other ways a nation can draw up rules, regulations, inspections, and paperwork to make it more costly or difficult to import products.

Definition

According to Principles of Economics by Timothy Taylor (3rd edition),

Nontariff barriers. All the other ways a nation can draw up rules, regulations, inspections, and paperwork to make it more costly or difficult to import products.