quota

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IMF members approved a 50% quota increase in December 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The Environmental Protection Agency sets the quota, known as the Renewable Volume Obligations, for how much soybean oil needs to be blended into fuels such as diesel annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The quota of Australian beef allowed into the EU will increase more than 10 times the current level over the next decade, although that falls short of the level Australian farmers had been seeking.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Then at the end of 2024, Germany announced that it would increase the skilled work visa quota for Indian citizens from 20,000 per year to 90,000.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

It was better than sticking one kid with the entire quota, wasn’t it?

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier