Because US imports are nearly twice as large as US exports, it takes a 20 increase in exports to balance a 10 increase in imports.

With the exception of Qatar, this led to an increase in the share of oil exports in total 2004 exports.

Exports increased by 6.2 in 2005 and are expected to increase by 7.4 in 2006.

Second, any improvement in GDP derived from stronger exports leads to an increase in imports.

In particular, there was a sudden increase in exports via the free trade zone in Guangdong.

Developing countries need to be able to increase earnings from exports.

In particular, OFDI has helped enterprises increase their revenues, assets, profitability, market reach and exports.

A more rapid increase of the renminbi dollar exchange rate would shrink China s exports and increase its imports.

The third option is a pick up of growth in Europe, which would increase US exports.

America s net exports will have to increase, meaning that the net exports of China, Japan, and other surplus countries will consequently decrease.

Moreover, Chinese exports sometimes would increase in the face of a slump in the volume of cargo being shipped from ports.

The most important way to achieve both objectives is to increase exports by strengthening US competitiveness.

Even though our economy is still small, we are adopting policies and plans to expand our production, increase employment, improve domestic purchasing power and increase exports.

With the recent resumption after 10 years of prohibition of live cattle exports, you have to expect an increase in organized crime.

The increase in energy demand has already led to power shortages in the oil producing countries, which are expected to reduce exports this summer.

In manufacturing, it deters poor countries from moving up the value chain as tariffs on their exports increase with the degree of processing.

After the regulatory authorities intervened in May, annual exports to Hong Kong rose by only 7.7 , down sharply from the 57 increase reported in April.

Commendable progress has been made in the diamond mining sector, particularly in the area of licensing and the substantial increase in the official exports of diamonds.

Total gross exports from the region increased by 24 per cent from 2003, largely as a result of the increase in oil export values, but exports from more diversified economies, notably Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, also rose significantly.

But if exports continue to grow in the absence of consumption led import growth, distortions occur and the trade surplus and foreign reserves increase.

Russia began 2006 by cutting off natural gas exports to Ukraine after its government refused to pay a fourfold increase in the subsidized price.

A devalued currency would increase exports and would cause Greek households and firms to substitute domestic products for imported goods.

How can measures to increase commodity price stability and returns from commodity exports contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals?

Revenues from diamond exports have continued to increase as the Government has increased its control over the diamond mining sector.

In value terms, the share of developing countries in world iron and steel exports (SITC position 67 Iron and steel) increased from 14 per cent in 1985 to 25 per cent in 2002, reflecting an average annual increase in developing country steel exports of 7.9 per cent.

To be sure, eastern enlargement is leading to an increase in West European exports, because more markets have been opened in which western firms can sell their products.

But this restructuring will tend to reduce, not increase, import demand, as exports and investment are much more import intensive than consumption.

The expected increase in exports will sustain domestic demand in both countries, and the manageable level of inflation that is predicted may sustain consumer confidence, thereby gradually increasing investment.

In Africa, the share of manufacturing exports of about 30 per cent in 2000 represented an increase of only 10 percentage points compared with the 1980 share, while the continent's share of world merchandise exports fell from 6.3 per cent in 1980 to 2.5 per cent in 2000 in value terms.

Likewise, as we're developing policies to try to encourage exports, if we know there's this externality this extra thing that's going to happen as we increase exports we can think about what the right kinds of policies are.

The most important way to achieve both objectives is to increase exports by strengthening US competitiveness. But where will increased competitiveness come from?

With roughly 40 of that increase attributable to exports, that means the remainder of the economy has grown at an anemic 1.4 pace.

Regarding paragraph 29, there should be renewed focus on agricultural and rural development in particular, the least developed countries must increase their exports of commodities and agricultural produce.

Brazil and Argentina have, for example, significantly increased agricultural exports to China, while Central America and Mexico have seen their imports from China increase dramatically.

According to some estimates, Russia could increase its arable area by 10 million hectares, and its crop yields by 250 , thereby boosting grain exports dramatically.

The increase in exports of goods and services and the decline in debt service for developing countries as a group resulted in a significant decline in the debt service to exports ratio, from 17.2 per cent in 2003 to 12.5 per cent in 2004, marking the largest decline in this ratio in the last 20 years.

In particular, they allow for the removal of concessions when exports increase, exempt sensitive items and reduce the effective scope of preferences while still extracting concessions unrelated to trade.14

If the exchange rate did increase, Germany would find it more difficult to export, and its economic model, based on strong exports, would face a challenge.

Exports

The driving force is external demand, as Germany, the world s second largest exporter, profits from the global boom. Exports increased by 6.2 in 2005 and are expected to increase by 7.4 in 2006.

In a completely flexible economy, this drop in measured GDP (and the concomitant increase in unemployment) could be avoided if the resources formerly employed in selling imported consumer goods could quickly be used to generate exports.

The US, the IMF, and others had encouraged Asian countries to increase exchange rate flexibility. The depreciation that followed the crisis helped accelerate recovery by boosting exports.

Moreover, the increase in exports and the shift from imports to domestically produced goods and services would strengthen their economies, thereby reducing their fiscal deficits as tax revenues rose and transfers declined.

(b) Exports

But the eurozone can increase its inflow of foreign capital only if it has a current account deficit, i.e., if it increases its imports relative to its exports.