import quota
noun[C]
COMMERCEukustheamountofgoodsthat acountryallowsto beimportedduring aparticularperiodoftime:
an import quota for/on sthWorldtradeagreementsspecifiedthatimportquotasontextilesandclothingmust bephasedout.
Examplesofimport quota
import quota
Thisimportquotasystem controlled the films and restricted the directors to produce films that would supplement the government.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These provisions include a specialimportquota, a limited globalimportquota, and an economic adjustment assistance payment to users of upland cotton.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Also, consumer surplus and producer surplus are the same under such animportquotaand a tariff.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When animportquotais used, it allows a country to be sure of the amount of the good imported from the foreign country.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the government sets the import license fee equal to difference between domestic price and world price, theimportquotaworks exactly like a tariff.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Animportquotaimposed in 1959 limited imports to a fraction of domestic production until 1973.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The difference between these tariff andimportquotais that tariff raises revenue for the government, whereas import quota generates surplus for firms that get the license to import.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Animportquotacan be unilateral, levied by the country without negotiations with exporting country, and bilateral or multilateral, when it is imposed after negotiations and agreement with exporting country.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If a province with a deficit in grain was still short of grain despite theimportquota, in principle, it was required to meet the gap itself.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These imports are not subject to a fixedimportquota.
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- salted
- salted fish
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- saltine
- saltiness
- salting
- salt intake
- saltire
- salt lake
- salt lick
- salt-lick
- salt marsh
- salt-marsh
- salt mine
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- management tool
- management trainee
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- manage money
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