export quota

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1. A restriction imposed by a government on the amount or number of goods or services that may be exported within a given period, usually with the intent of keeping prices of those goods or services low for domestic users.

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China’s Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group announced this week that it had secured a six-month export quota for lithium concentrates from Zimbabwe, just two months after the African country banned exports of raw lithium.

From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026

Shares of the rare earth producer fell after China cut its rare earths export quota in an attempt to raise sagging exotic metal prices.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2011

China, the biggest buyer of Australia’s mineral exports, introduced its export quota system for rare earths in 1999 and first reduced them in 2001.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 14, 2011

China's export quota cut for rare earth minerals for the first half of 2011 was initially reported on Tuesday as about 11 percent of quotas for the first half of 2010.

From Reuters ● Dec. 29, 2010

What's the story on this export quota request from Durendal?

From Ministry of Disturbance by Dongen, H. R. van