export quota

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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

"With Asian refiners set to ramp up refinery runs, with China's sizeable product export quota, and with OPEC's core producers dialing back on output, demand for U.S. crude is strong," he said.

From Reuters • Nov. 3, 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