TOOLS OR INSTRUMENTS OF TRADE RESTRICTION

TOOLS OR INSTRUMENTS OF TRADE RESTRICTION

Tools or instruments normally used for international trade restriction are the following:

• Import duties or tariffs: This is a tax imposed on imported goods to reduce the amount of trade.
• Foreign exchange control: Trade can be controlled by reducing the foreign exchange available for trade transactions.
• Devaluation: By lowering the value of a country’s currency vis-a-vis others, importation becomes costly while export becomes cheaper.
• Embargo: This is the prohibition or outright ban placed on some imported goods
• Import monopoly: This refers to a situation in which the government of a country takes over the importation of certain goods which are only essential to the country.
• Import quota: Import quota restricts imports by imposing a limit on the quantity of goods that can be imported into a particular country.
• Preferential duties: In order to either encourage or discourage the importation of certain goods from certain countries discriminate duties are charged on these
  goods.
• Excise duties reduction: This method helps to reduce the prices of locally made goods so as to enable people to patronize them instead of foreign made goods.
• Import license: Import license is a permit that allows an importer to bring a certain quantity of foreign goods into a country and allows him to purchase the foreign currency required to pay for them.

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2. scale of preference
3. concept of economics
4. economic tools for nation building
5. budgeting
6. factors affecting the expansion of industries
7. mineral resources and the mining industries