### Question
Can you define what tariff means?


### Answer
**Tariff** is defined as the following in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1707a*:

> a tariff of rates, charges, classifications, rules, and practices required to be filed by a common carrier or conference under section 8 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 App. U.S.C. 1707), or a rate, fare, charge, classification, rule, or regulation required to be filed by a common carrier or conference under the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), or the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933 (46 App. U.S.C. 843 et seq.)

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1707a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 36-INTERNATIONAL OCEAN COMMERCE TRANSPORTATION**

