Thus, for example, imports of processed agricultural products into the OECD grew by 5.4 per cent over the 1990s as against 2 per cent for unprocessed products.

Second, the Chinese production mix does not correspond to domestic demand, and investment in long products has outpaced demand growth.

The period in which the highest growth rate of the urban population occurred, 1961 1970, was not the period of highest growth of the industrial product or even of the total product.

The growth in sales of these consumer packs is reported to be 10 20 per cent per year.

In the recent past, the prices of these products have increased faster than steel prices.

Between 1985 and 1996, the basket of goods exported increased markedly, and there was a clear switch in exports from commodity based products to products with high added value.

Growing world consumption of finished steel products was largely driven by the growth of demand in Asia, particularly in China, and, to a lesser extent, India.

Trade in forest products is extensive and has been growing faster than production or consumption over the last decade.

Following a sharp increase in production in the past two years, the situation was beginning to stabilize.

Yes, gas exports to the north have stopped, but exports of oil and oil products, agricultural raw materials and textiles are constantly growing.

8. In recent years there has been a sharp increase in food production in SSA, particularly in cereals, which has been the main factor responsible for the growth of agricultural output.

Most of the market growth for gourmet varieties has been for single origin products such as Kenyan and Colombian coffee.

The dynamic growth of the gifts business over the past few years indicates high level of consumer interest in UNICEF offering these types of products within its portfolio.

In sub Saharan Africa, where population growth has surpassed increases in agricultural productivity, food availability per capita has dropped, leading to rises in malnutrition and hunger.

This does not mean that the German made share of exports is falling in absolute terms. It only means that the total volume of German exports has been rising faster than the total German value added in those exports.

Enhancing value added of natural products

Foreign troops occupied independent Afghanistan, but drug production grew tenfold.

A comparative review of European countries found that there was a positive correlation between relatively less regulation of product markets, productivity growth and overall economic growth. See Kees Koedijk and Jeroen Kremers, Market opening, regulation and growth in Europe , Economic Policy, vol. 23, pp. 443 468.

The fastest growing export items in South South trade are products which benefit significantly from global connectivity and the global production network (GPN) (Lall, Sanjaya and Albaladejo, Manuel, 2005).

Diversification into expanding product markets typically with annual growth rates of world imports exceeding 10 per cent into highly income elastic products, the demand for which exhibits rapid growth, or into dynamic regions, offer the easiest avenue to upgrading the producing economy s position in the commodity chain.

Wire drawn products and seamless pipes are also part of the long steel products group.

The continuing trend of a steady growth in the country's economy is having a positive effect on foreign and domestic trade indicators. Retail sales grew by 10 in 2003.

Who have you heard talking lately that's said we have to triple production of goods and services?

One example is the growth of B2B platforms for local and regional tourism producers.

Informal activities, such as selling products in markets, in the towns and cities, proliferate.

GDP growth

Growth industries are those, which benefit from new sources of dynamic industrial growth.

These preliminary estimates for the first quarter show a drop of approximately 5.9 per cent in the goods producing sectors, while the services sectors increased slightly, by 0.1 per cent.

As developing countries increased their labor intensive production and exports, their current account surpluses rose by almost 3.6 percentage points, on average, between 1989 1993 and 2002 2006. China s current account surplus increased by almost 11 percentage points over the same period, India s by 2.5 percentage points, and Russia s by seven percentage points.

Horticulture contributes 10 per cent of the 25 per cent contribution of agricultural value added to GDP.

However, the performance of some mining industries has been encouraging gold production in Ghana increased by 10 per cent in the first half of 1997 and the oil sector grew faster than commodity production in 1997.

The production was up 20 percent.

As for tropical fruit juices, concentrates and pulp puree, traders expect sales of these products to grow at least at the same rate as the juice market as a whole, and in some cases even more.

Pharmaceuticals, educational and nutritional supplies showed clear signs of growth.

In many countries, demand for domestic products has diminished in favour of imported products, and competition has driven many SMEs out of business (Dhungana 2003).

In addition, the Business Advisory Council continues to advise the Executive Secretary of ESCAP on the business dimensions of the secretariat's work.

China is a net exporter of long products and a net importer of flat products.

Trade in ICT products grew tremendously over the last decade and was worth over 900 billion in 2000.

The product keeps growing, as the formal economy in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip has contracted and informal enterprises have grown.

Although the growing trade in cocoa butter and other cocoa products as well as bulk soluble coffee suggests that there is scope for origin countries to increase the production and export of such products, these markets are highly price competitive and there is excess processing capacity.

Zhang Li believed that adjustments to the global economy have generally come to an end at the end of 2017. A new growth phase, will begin in 2018, and growth will be driven by producer goods.

Now look, as long as we continue to increase the population, we're going to have to continue to grow and eat genetically modified foods, and that's the only position that I'll take today.

That growth can be measured by the increased trade in goods and services between nations, which in turn cannot be maintained without flows of migrants and of the information and ideas which motivate them to cross borders.

Poultry processors in Thailand are changing their operations towards higher value added items, including cooked products.

Moreover, the need to commit investment resources over a long time period and the need for most firms to take time to learn how best to produce a chosen product or set of products add an element of uncertainty to the growth process.