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The concept of the tariff quota is essentially very simple, but in practice it can take many forms; and there are many reasons why it is introduced. This introductory chapter defines a tariff quota. And it identifies and classifies the various forms it can take and the uses to which it can be put. The following chapters are grouped into four parts.
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See United States Tariff Commission, Quantitative Restrictions and Tariff Quotas on United States Imports as Provided for or Cited in the Tariff Schedules of the United States (Washington: US Government Printing Office, 1965) pp. 17–18.
See Basic Instruments and Selected Documents 14th Supplement (Geneva: GATT, 1966).
Robert Zinser, Das GATT und Die Meistbegünstigung (Baden-Baden and Bonn: August Lutzeyer, 1962) p. 135.
See Special Committee on Preferences of UNCTAD 4th Session (Geneva: United Nations, 31 March 1970).
See M. Häfner, ‘Die Politik der Mengenmassigen Einfuhrregulirung’ Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, No. 40, 1934, p. 213.
Isaiah Frank, The European Common Market (London: Stevens, 1961) p. 107, note 14.
Hans Binswanger, ‘Zollkontingente in Rahmen eines harmonisierten Zolltarifs’, Aussenwirtschaft, 1961, p. 163.
Jacob Viner, ‘Trade Relations between Free Market and Controlled Economies’, League of Nations., II A4, 1943, p. 50.
M. Van Zeeland, ‘Commercial Policy in the Inter-war Period’, League of Nations., II A6, 1942, p. 84. See also Non-tariff Obstacles to Trade (Paris: International Chamber of Commerce, 28 April 1969) p. 34.
Lynn R. Edminster, ‘Agriculture’s Stake in the British Agreement and the Trade Agreement Program’, International Conciliation, February 1939, No. 347, pp. 92–3.
Basic Instruments and Selected Documents 1st Supplement (Geneva: GATT, 1953) pp. 14–15.
Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community, Rome, 25 March 1957 (London: HM Stationery Office, 1962) pp. 145 and 147.
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Rom, M. (1979). Introduction to Tariff Quotas. In: The Role of Tariff Quotas in Commercial Policy. Trade Policy Research Centre. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02431-5_1
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