Tall Pine Plywood Company has just received a notice that a shipment of plywood (2 metric tons) has been rejected by the customs administration of the recipient country because the knotholes commonly found on a plywood sheet are too large. Which of the following categories of nontariff barriers primarily uses such quality issues as a trade barrier?

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Standards are sometimes used in an unduly stringent or discriminating way to restrict trade, but the sheer volume of regulations in this category is a problem in itself. Nontariff barriers of this category include standards to protect health, safety, and product quality. As the customs administration of the recipient country has used the quality of goods imported as a reason for restricting trade, it has used standards as a nontariff barrier.

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