The amount of exports has increased dramatically over the past 30 years.

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The organisation also says a record amount of UK arms exports to Israel were approved in the first quarter of last year.

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If you take out oil exports, this entire region of over 400 million people exports roughly the same amount as Switzerland.

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The dilemma for America and Britain is that damage caused by bombing is likely to affect Iraq's oil exports, thereby affecting the amount of food and medicine that can be bought with the proceeds.

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Important as cows are to Alberta's ranchers and slaughterhouses, Canada's annual beef exports amount to less than three weeks of shipments to the United States from its car and truck plants.

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Mr. MINTZER: So, the Chinese cut off exports, which caused a modest amount of indigestion in countries like Japan and the United States, where auto production of hybrid vehicles was looking increasingly promising.

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As for trade flows, America matters less than it did, swallowing just 20% of Japan's exports compared with nearly double that amount two decades ago.

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After just one year Gaza's exports stood at a mere 8% of the agreed amount, Rafah was closed and the buses never came.

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