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

Indian sugar mills have been renegotiating and defaulting on contracts to supply 400,000 tonnes of the sweetener to overseas buyers as prices jumped after the government cut this year's export quota, five dealers told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2022

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

There is at least a 7 percent cut in the released 2011 export quota compared with 2010 after taking the new material into account, it said.

From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 15, 2011

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

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