To keep away from profit-margin controls, companies were considering dropping products where costs, and thus prices, had increased.

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Tariffs in China on US-made goods are set to fall from an average of 25% to 9% by 2005, with duties on farm products dropping to 14% from 31%.

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But while demand for other paper products was dropping, U.S. tissue consumption was on the way up, increasing an estimated 7.2% between 2001 and 2011, according to Vertical.

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Depending on whether Google chooses to extend this technology decision to its other products, the dropping of H.264 support in Chrome could be either hugely influential or dismissively foolish.

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While he strives to say as little as possible about upcoming products, it can be impossible for him to avoid dropping hints about upcoming "product shifts" when discussing Apple's prospects with investors (see "Apple Tips Its Hand").

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