Meaning and money

[pms]

Do you suppose you have to push or pull the string to get stuff like this
done?  Does this mean that before this China's industries were not importing
these products, were not allowed to, didn't need them, really wanted them?
Will they have to buy them even if they cost more?  Meaning.  It's there, I
just can't find it.
Meantime, gold mining stocks are up.

China Announces Import Quota for Oil, Tire

BEIJING, May 11, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China will import 22 million
tons
of finished oil products and 1.07 million pieces of tires in 2002, according
to
an official press release issued Saturday.

The import quotas, in line with China's commitments on accessing to the
World
Trade Organization (WTO), were announced jointly by the State Economic and
Trade
Commission (SETC) and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
(MOFTEC).

The import quota for finished oil products is shared between state-run
businesses and none-state-run businesses, with the former acquiring 17.40
million tons and the latter 4.6 million tons respectively.