Business / Agriculture / Import Quota: A trade barrier that sets the maximum quantity (quantitative restriction) or value of a commodity allowed to enter a country during a specified time period. The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture requires the conversion of import quotas and other quantitative restrictions to tariff-rate quotas and/or bound tariff rates.
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Import Adjective Synonyms: introduce, bring in
Import Verb Synonyms: meaning, sense, denotation, signification, gist, drift, thrust, intention, implication, purport, connotation, suggestion, allusion, intimation
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Quota Noun Synonyms: apportionment, portion, allotment, allocation, allowance, ration, share, part, proportion, percentage, equity, interest, cut
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Business / Agriculture / Peanut Poundage Quota: A peanut price support program supply control mechanism authorized by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to regulate the marketing of peanuts consumed domestically for food when production become MORE
Business / Agriculture / Poundage Quota: A quantitative limit on the amount of a commodity that can be marketed (also called a marketing quota) under the provisions of a permanent law. Once a common feature of price support programs, this su MORE
Business / Agriculture / Noncompetitive Imports: A term used by the Economic Research Service in its reporting of agricultural trade statistics to refer to imports of commodities not produced in the United States. Commodities such as tea, bananas, o MORE