export quota

基本解釋

to be responsible for compiling and delivery of export quota plan and management of licensing;
負責進出口配額計劃的編報、下達和許可證發(fā)放與管理工作；
to formulate and carry out guidelines of import and export quota bidding and to organize the implementation.
擬定貫徹國家進出口商品配額招標政策的辦法并組織實施。
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But the ministry subsequently cut the annual export quota for all rare earths by 12 percent, the fourth steep cut in as many years.
但是工信部隨后就削減了12％稀土礦出口配額，這相當于平均年份四分之一的出口量。

In July the export quota was cut by 40%.
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This is home to 74 factories that produce mainly textiles and electronic gadgets for export--duty-free and quota-free--to the U.S. These factories make up what is called a qualifying industrial zone (QIZ), an entity designated by the U.S. in 1996 to help increase imports from Jordan.
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