volume quota

Up to 100 growers were accused of using the sugar for illegal chaptalization and also of exceeding volume quotas between 2004 and 2006.

The cartel members monitored compliance with the contract volume quotas, assigned each other projects and set protective prices in order to steer the contract award process."

Much of the pressure behind Delta's decision was applied by the National Business Travel Association, which had argued that those fares should be made available to corporations and that such bookings should count toward the volume quotas that determine the size of discounts that corporations negotiate with the airlines.