When the economy decelerated in the past, low end and primary commodities were the most significantly affected. In the current economic fluctuation however, both high and low end industrial products of Northeast China s traditional industries were affected.

The economy of Sri Lanka relied on the export of agricultural commodities and low end manufacturing such as textiles and apparel.

And by that I mean it's products for which the research and development costs are really high, and the manufacturing costs are low.

The prices of tropical agricultural products had also fallen against those of temperate agricultural products, and the prices of generic manufactures from developing countries had declined against the prices of manufactures associated with strong intellectual property rights, which basically preserved technological monopolies.

Lower Bitrate

In low fat butter, or actually in many low fat products, when you take the fat out, you actually take the taste and the texture out.

UNCTAD defines EPPs as products that cause significantly less environmental harm at some stage of their life cycle than alternative products that serve the same purpose.

Products at zero tariff under the FTAs also include intermediates and raw materials required for the domestic production of end user consumer goods, which will, to a certain extent, also upgrade the mix of domestically produced consumer goods.

Consumption of finished steel is smaller than production of crude steel due to losses in production of finished products (the discarded material is recycled).

In the United States and Japan, tariffs on fishery products are generally lower than in the EU, and will decline further.

The production of safer and more disease resistant products and the application of biotechnology to produce functional foods , which reduce blood sugar levels and lower the risk of heart disease, is another promising area.

Fish exports were treated as industrial products and enjoyed low tariff rates.

(d) Offenders who are involved in the production, smuggling and distribution of drugs at a low level

In Japan, the Food Sanitation Law, often referred to as the Japan Agriculture Standards (JAS), seeks to ensure the safety of goods and sets minimum quality requirements for food agricultural, fishery and forestry products, and regulates the use of food additives.

In the case of low price or low quality commodities which are often traded in bulk, the commodity chain is typically dominated by large international buyers, with the result that producers play an essentially reactive role, especially if the production process can easily be moved to another area, as has been observed for many mass produced, low end products, including the low price segment of garments and footwear.

It's actually a very low tech and very high tech product at the same time.

The money generated from narcotics production and trafficking is used to fund crime, corruption, illegal armed groups and extremist elements.

So low income people often are the ones who are buying the products that have those dangerous chemicals in them that their children are using.

Other changing demand characteristics that have implications for meat processing companies are the shift to products with lower fat and salt content, and to more quot natural quot products, as consumer concerns increase about food safety.

GM crops also have significant economic benefits. Higher yields and lower production costs have reduced global commodity prices (corn, soybeans, and derivatives), resulting in higher farm income, enhanced supplies of food and feed products, and more readily available high quality calories.

(v) Promoting access to low cost and effective drugs and related pharmaceutical products

Producers of primary commodities often suffer from the low prices paid to them.

Sales of cholesterol reducing products in the United States totalled 18 billion in 2004.

Their tariff peaks reach, in extreme cases though for important products, 350 per cent and more.

And this guy, he was up to a lot of no good.

Products whose cost price is aligned with the ruling price of the competitors, provided that they do not resell below the threshold corresponding to loss leader selling.

Low Quality

Still, in the case of some schemes, products of particular export interest to developing countries (e.g. textiles, clothing, footwear, watches, and certain electronic, steel and glass products) are either not covered or enjoy less favourable treatment than other less sensitive products.

Indeed, he failed to see how the existence of a sovereignty dispute created an alternative to self determination.

After obtaining crude oil import license, teapot refinery can import Oman crude oil and Russian crude oil, which have low sulfur content and improved petroleum products.

Unutilized resources of 77,602 were due to the lower than estimated requirements for kitchen utensils, packaging supplies and other general stores.

With regard to EPPs, given the difficulties in capturing some of these in the HS and the low tariffs that often prevail, it may prove more productive to focus the discussions and negotiations largely on non tariff barriers.

With regard to product innovation, major activities were aimed at boosting product competitiveness and transforming the product portfolio to embrace future oriented items.

At the same time, it has also greatly reduced the production and import links value added tax burden of anti cancer drugs.

The state should not be in the business of producing goods and services because it's inefficient and incompetent.

In general, the potential for commodity import into East Asia had been high since the levels of consumption of a wide range of commodities, including foodstuffs, agricultural raw materials, minerals and metals, were relatively low by world standards.

Countries such as Russian Federation are importing increasing volumes of generally low priced products, to supplement local production.

Only a small portion of land is suitable for cultivation, making agricultural production relatively low food accounts for 25 per cent of imports.

(a) Energy efficiency standards, defined test procedures and functional performance measures for products, labelling and other product related measures, including mandatory minimum efficient standards for such products, if necessary or where appropriate

She is a very correct lady.

He has poor taste.

They have cheap tastes and short memories.

To improve the competitiveness of, and to encourage research and development on the problems of, natural products competing with synthetics and substitutes, and to consider the harmonization, where appropriate, of the production of synthetics and substitutes in developed countries with the supply of natural products produced in developing countries

They are allegedly forcibly obliged to sell produce at a price fixed by the authorities that is many times lower than the market price.

Examples include natural fibres, organic agricultural products, recyclable and biodegradable products or sustainably produced forest products.