Dumping occurs when a company exports goods to another country at a price lower than what it charges in its own domestic market. There are three main forms of dumping: persistent, predatory, and sporadic. Companies dump goods to gain market share abroad, sell surplus production, expand their industry, and establish new trade relations. Dumping can positively increase supply but negatively hurt domestic industries in importing countries. Importing countries use tariffs, quotas, embargoes, and voluntary export restraints to counter dumping.
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