Figure 9-2 Suppose the U.S. government imposes a $0.40 per pound tariff on rice imports. Figure 9-2 shows the impact of this tariff.
-Refer to Figure 9-2. As a result of the tariff, domestic producers increase their quantity supplied by

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Figure 9-2  Suppose the U.S. government imposes a $0.40 per pound tariff on rice imports. Figure 9-2 shows the impact of this tariff.
-Refer to Figure 9-2. As a result of the tariff, domestic producers increase their quantity supplied by

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The increase in domestic quantity supplied due to the tariff is the difference between the quantity supplied by domestic producers before and after the tariff is imposed. The figure would show these quantities, and the difference is 6 million pounds of rice.