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    Import Quotas and Tariffs First of all I am going to explain to you what import quotas and tariffs are: Import Quotas= Limit on the quantity of a good that can be Imported Tariffs= Taxes on imported goods Import quotas and tariffs are used to enable the domestic industry to enjoy higher profits in the way that they keep domestic price of a product above world levels. Without a quota or a tariff a country will import a good when its world price is below the price that would prevail domestically

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    444 Cases E ot nearly a decade‚ the EU and the United I States were engaged in a heated trade dispute over bananas. The EU had introduced tariffs and quotas that discriminated in favor o[ bananas grown in former European colonies and dependencies located in the Caribbean and Africa. The new rules were favorable to the European-based banana companies‚ whose production was heavily located in these preferced regions. However‚ the new rules were disadvantageous to the U.S.-based companies‚

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    Gelgelu 11 February 2013 The Protectionism Effect: TariffsQuotas‚ and Subsidies The most common way to protect one’s economy from import competition is to implement a tariff: a tax on imports. Generally speaking‚ a tariff is any tax or fee collected by a government. Sometimes the term “tariff” is used in a nontrade context‚ as in railroad tariffs. However‚ the term is much more commonly used to refer to a tax on imported goods. Tariffs have been applied by countries for centuries and have

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    import-competing industries; a tariff or a quota. The choice between one or the other is likely to depend on several different concerns. One concern is the revenue effects. A tariff has an immediate advantage for governments in that it will automatically generate tariff revenue (assuming the tariff is not prohibitive). Quotas may or may not generate revenue depending on how the quota is administered. If a quota is administered by selling quota tickets (i.e.‚ import rights) then a quota will generate government

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    Tariff and Non-tariff Barriers When foreign countries can enter a home country and sell product for less than the people usually see this as a great trade opportunity. However‚ if that product is manufactured in the home country then the home country not only loses revenue from sales on that product but the economic impacts can run even deeper. With no need to manufacture that product companies will no longer need to purchase the raw materials or hire the employees necessary to maintain the demand

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    market-driven economies. Tariff and non-tariff barriers play a large part in this process. Tariff Barriers Tariffs are among the oldest forms of government economic intervention. They are most commonly used as taxes on imports into a country or region. They are put into practice for two clear economic purposes. They provide revenue for the government and they improve economic returns to firms and suppliers to domestic industries that face competition from foreign imports. Tariffs are widely used to protect

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    Tariff and non-tariff barriers Tariff and non-tariff effect global financing operations by having an impact on whether countries will build and invest in companies in the home country. If an organization wants to build a company that imports raw material that has a tariff on it‚ it would make the product considerably more expensive to produce and export. Tariffs do benefit the government by increasing the revenue and also benefit home-based businesses by decreasing foreign competition. The tariff

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    Tariffs on Imports

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    In simplest terms‚ a tariff is a tax. It adds to the cost of imported goods and is one of several trade policies that a country can enact. Tariffs are often created to protect infant industries and developing economies‚ but are also used by more advanced economies with developed industries. Here are five of the top reasons tariffs are used: Protecting Domestic Employment The levying of tariffs is often highly politicized. The possibility of increased competition from imported goods can threaten

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    How do government tariffs impact on imported goods? What are the pros and cons of these tariff and what are the likely future trends. Tariff is tax that a government collects on goods coming into a country. It is a tax which is levied on imports across national boundaries or other geographical regions and exports in a few cases (Lv‚ 2000). Originally‚ applying tariffs was first based on financial purpose‚ so it is a regular but most significant source of fiscal revenue to governments. Generally

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    Sales Quota

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    Sales quotas are quantitative goals set by managers to measure and compare the performance of individual salespeople and to help determine their compensation. Three major types of quotas are volume-based‚ profit-based and combination quotas‚ and all three can be used either for measurement or for compensation Read more: http://www.ehow.com/info_8664717_types-sales-quotas.html#ixzz2bRPvjhTyA sales quota is something used in many environments where goods or services are sold. It is essentially a

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