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Business Definition for: Quota
- the maximum sum to be contributed by each party in a joint venture or joint business undertaking
- the maximum number of investments that may be purchased and sold in a given situation or market, for example, at U.S. Treasury auctions, bidders may not apply for more than a certain percentage of the securities being offered
- the maximum amount of a particular commodity, product, or service that can be imported into or exported out of a country
Wiktionary Definition for: Quota
- #A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- #''In business'' - A time-measured goal for production or achievement.
- #''In trade'' - A form of protectionism used to restrict the import of something to a specific quantity. (Sawyer & Sprinkle, ''International Economics, 2nd Edition'' , 2003, p 157)
- #Quotum
Additional Resources
- The Quota Auctions In Estonia And Their Effect On The Trawler Fleet
- The Estonian trawl fishery has been operating under an individual transferable quota ITQ system since 2001 when auctioning a part of the quota was also first implemented. This study analyzes the effect of quota auctions on the structure of the fleet and the performance of the system in managing excessive...
- White papers 2005-03-27
- Agriculture Dept. Expects Burley Tobacco Quota to Increase 15.4 Percent.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
- LEXINGTON, Ky.--Feb. 2--The actual burley tobacco quota will increase 15.4 percent his year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said yesterday. The basic quota will be 633.8 million pounds, up from 549 million in 1995, the department said. Those numbers differ from figures released Wednesday by...
- Research articles 1996-02-02
- Wal-Mart ponders quota concerns.(Lehman Brothers Retail Seminar)
- NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart shared its outlook on quota elimination, price deflation and the future of RFID during the annual Lehman Brothers Retail Seminar here last week. Despite industry concerns regarding quota imbalances this year--primarily th NEW YORK...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- SPECIALTY SUGAR TARIFF-RATE QUOTA.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- SPECIALTY SUGAR TARIFF-RATE QUOTA: USDA is soliciting public comments on the administration of the allocation of the specialty sugar tariff-rate quota TRQ. USDA is proposing to administer the specialty sugar TRQ in two tranches. The first tranche w SPECIALTY SUGAR TARIFF-RATE QUOTA: USDA is soliciting public...
- Research articles 2001-07-23
- DEUTSCHE BANK AND HSBC GOT INVESTMENT QUOTA FROM SAFE
- AsiaInfo Services 09-10-2003 Deutsche Bank and HSBC Got Investment Quota from SAFE CHINA, Sep 10, 2003 SinoCast via COMTEX -- State Administration of Foreign Exchange SAFE recently approved an investment quota of USD 50 million respectively AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2003-09-10
- ING BANK OBTAINED USD 100 MILLION QFII INVESTMENT QUOTA
- AsiaInfo Services 10-28-2003 ING Bank Obtained USD 100 Million QFII Investment Quota CHINA, Oct 28, 2003 SinoCast via COMTEX -- ING Bank NV recently obtained a QFII investment quota of USD 100 million from the State Administration of Foreign ...
- Research articles 2003-10-28
- Sharp fall in milk quota prices.(Germany)(Brief Article)
- Milk quota was sold at an average price of 0.38 [euro] per kilo at the latest German quota exchange on April 1. This was down 17% or 0.08 [euro] compared with the price at the previous sale in November 2004, reports the German Farmers' Union DBV. I...
- Research articles 2005-04-08
- -USDA: USDA announces 1999 options for national peanut poundage quota.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 November 1998-USDA: USDA announces 1999 options for national peanut poundage quota C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:241198 The Secretary of Agriculture must announce the 1999 national poundage quota for peanuts by December 15, 1998. The U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA expects the 1999 national poundage...
- Research articles 1998-11-25
- USDA ANNOUNCES 2000-CROP PEANUT NATIONAL POUNDAGE QUOTA
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a national poundage quota for peanuts for the 2000 marketing year of 1,180,000 short tons, (2.360 billion pounds) the same as the 1999 level.Keith Kelly, Administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency, said this level has been determined to be the quota level which...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- CHINA INCREASES QFII INVESTMENT QUOTA BY USD6BN
- AsiaInfo Services 09-08-2005 China Increases QFII Investment Quota by USD6bn CHINA, Sep 08, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The examination of USD 6 billion new investment quota for qualified foreign institutional investors QFII has started, and Hang Seng Bank has been...
- Research articles 2005-09-08
- Farmers can defer tax due on tobacco quota buyouts.(FARM TAXES)
- Farmers can defer the tax due on tobacco quota buyouts... government payments for terminated tobacco marketing quotas that will be distributed to former quota holders over the next 10 years. Recently, IRS ruled that most of the payments are taxed as capital gains. Growers...
- Research articles 2005-07-29
- Bon Chef honors quota busters for 2000
- LAFAYETTE, N.J. -- Bon Chef, based here, named its top five quota busters for the year 2000. The five quota busters were Benchmark Sales & Marketing, Engster Marketing, Page & Semro Marketing, Pioneer Marketing Associates and Preferred Source Inc. The quota buster showcases those groups that were able to meet...
- Research articles 2001-05-28
- Risk and Returns to Policy-Created Assets in a Portfolio Context: California Dairy Quota
- This article exploits particular characteristics of the California dairy quota program and an unusually rich data set to study the capitalization of program benefits and risks associated with farm policy. The design of the California dairy quota program helps make flow returns to quota ownership and the capitalized value of...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- CSFB APPLIES FOR INCREASING QFII QUOTA
- AsiaInfo Services 11-04-2005 CSFB Applies for Increasing QFII Quota BEIJING, Nov 04, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Credit Suisse First Boston CSFB, a global investment bank, is applying for an additional amount for its initial QFII quota of U AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2005-11-04
- The `quota' smokescreen. (Comment).
- George W. Bush mounted his bully pulpit on Martin Luther King's birthday and took aim at the University of Michigan's affirmative-action policies, calling them "a quota system." He tried to soft-pedal his quota-slinging rhetoric with an "I strongly support diversity of all kinds" statement and then...
- Research articles 2003-02-10
- Vote on textile quota measure now delayed until midweek.
- WASHINGTON FNS--Textile-apparel-footwear quota legislation, continuing to demonstrate strong support, will have to wait until at least Tuesday before it can clear the Senate. In the latest Senate skirmish, the quota bill was virtually attached by proponents to an unrelated $75 billion budget reconciliation...
- Research articles 1985-10-28
- USDA: USDA announces 1999-crop peanut national poundage quota.
- 3 M2 PRESSWIRE-15 December 1998-USDA: USDA announces 1999-crop peanut national poundage quota C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD3 RDATE:141298 NEWS Farm Service Agency USDA ANNOUNCES 1999-CROP PEANUT NATIONAL POUNDAGE QUOTA WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced...
- Research articles 1998-12-15
- USDA announces special import quota #22 for upland cotton.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 July 1999-USDA: USDA announces special import quota #22 for upland cotton C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:220799 WASHINGTON -- Keith Kelly, Executive Vice President of USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation, today announced a special import quota for upland cotton that...
- Research articles 1999-07-23
- >TI USDA: USDA announces special import quota #6 for upland cotton.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 April 1999-USDA: USDA announces special import quota #6 for upland cotton C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:010499 WASHINGTON -- Keith Kelly, Executive Vice President of USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation, today announced a special import quota for upland cotton that permits...
- Research articles 1999-04-02
- USDA: USDA announces special import quota #10 for upupland cotton.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 October 1999-USDA: USDA announces special import quota #10 for upland cotton C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:281099 WASHINGTON -- James Kearney, Acting Executive Vice President of USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation, today announced a special import quota for upland cotton that...
- Research articles 1999-10-29
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