export quota

基本解释

to be responsible for compiling and delivery of export quota plan and management of licensing;
负责进出口配额计划的编报、下达和许可证发放与管理工作；
to formulate and carry out guidelines of import and export quota bidding and to organize the implementation.
拟定贯彻国家进出口商品配额招标政策的办法并组织实施。
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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.
但是工信部随后就削减了12％稀土矿出口配额，这相当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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