The rice harvest was the lowest in 23 years, due to the storm and a government effort to limit production.

Such clauses make it difficult to put on a show and/or limit production quality.

In 1985 economic planners decided to limit production of refrigerators because they estimated that supply would outstrip demand by 5.9 million units in 1990.

The government was trying to limit production because of economic and environmental concerns.

Quotas can be set high to encourage production, or can be used to limit production to control the supply of goods.