Question

During the past five years, the nation of Andolvia began a massive undertaking: teaching farmers how to successfully grow and harvest peanuts. The government subsidized the building of peanut processing plants, where private businesses are now producing peanut butter and other products of nutritional value. Although the Andolvia government has not completely banned the importation of peanuts, it has placed ________________ on the number of peanut products that the nation can import each year, in order to protect Andolvia's young peanut industry.

(A) counter measures
(B) embargoes
(C) subsidiaries
(D) import quotas

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is (D) Import quotas

Explanation:

Import quotas are part of economic policies imposed by a country to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. For this case, the nation of Andolvia placed a restriction on the supply of peanut products to be imported, as they have subsidized and made efforts for their local young peanut industry to grow and mature.