问答题 Translate the following English passage into Chinese. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. Most textiles and apparel, cheese, chocolate, and a few other products are subject to U.S. import quotas. They serve to protect domestic industry by limiting the supply and therefore raising the prices of foreign products to U.S. consumers, and by allocating production among supplying countries. For example, a quota on Swiss cheese and so permits other countries to take part of the market. Foreign governments need systems for deciding which of their companies will be able to use their quotas in the U. S. Market, and, of course, they want to get the highest possible value of exports from the allowable quantities. They use different systems to allocate quotas, including auctioning them in blocks. Holders of quotas are often allowed to sell them to other suppliers, who hope to get higher prices from their U. S. Buyers. Customs and Border Protection helps many countries entrance their quota arrangements by requiring that import shipments of quota goods be accompanied by visas issued by the designated authorities in the exporting countries. This means that if your shipment of canned tuna from Thailand reaches U. S. Customs and there is no visa among the documents, it probably cannot be entered. You can apply to the Thai consulate for a visa, but it will not be granted unless the responsible agency in Bangkok gives its approval. If you get tangled up in the Electronic Certification System(eCERT)and the Electronic Visa Information System(ELVIS), you will probably wish it were the Elvis from Graceland, not Customs. Classification specialists in district Customs offices should know the details of quotas on the items they handle, but even they cannot always tell you the annual quota on a specific item from a specific country or how much of the year"s quota is still unfilled. They can, however, translate the HS number of your product into a " Quota Category Number" and tell you where to look to find the quota level and its current status of fulfillment.
【正确答案】正确答案: 美国对大多数纺织品、服装、奶酪、巧克力和少量其他产品实行进口配额。限制供应使得外国商品在美国国内的售价提高,再加上对供应国之间产品数量的分配,这样进口配额就能起到保护国内产业的作用。比如对瑞士奶酪的配额使得其他国家也能从市场中分得一杯羹。 外国政府需要各种程序来决定他们的哪些公司能使用在美国市场中的配额,当然,他们也想从可允许的出口量中获得最高的价值。他们用不同的程序来分配配额,其中包括将其整批拍卖。配额的持有者被允许将拥有的份额卖给其他那些希望从美国买家获得更高报价的供应商。 美国海关与边境保护局要求配额货物的进口须附有由出口国指定机构出具的签证,这样能使很多国家遵循美国的配额安排。这意味着,如果你从泰国运罐装金枪鱼到达美国海关时,相关文件中没有这份签证的话,你的货物可能就无法入关。你可以向泰国领事馆申请签证,但是除非有在曼谷的相关责任机构的同意,否则签证是无法获批的。如果你搞不清电子认证系统和电子签证信息系统的话,那你就只能自求多福了。 地方海关的分类专家们应该了解他们所处理项目的详细配额,但即便如此他们也无法说出某国的某一产品的年度配额或是某年的配额的剩余情况。但是他们能将产品的海关代码转成配额分类码,然后告诉你去哪查找其配额水平和目前的完成情况。
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