Hydrocarbons, helium, hydrogen, and volatiles in the solar system are important for human exploration and habitation because they will provide essential high-energy, high-density fuels and feedstock for off-world manufactured goods and materials for construction.
Instead of hoarding consumer goods and raw materials, people started trying to sell them.
There are a number of factors behind the trend, not least the rise of China as a consumer of goods and raw materials.
Malaysia its duties on many consumer goods and building materials.
The weakness of the rial has harmed the wider Iranian economy, as it means the country cannot afford to import as many foreign goods and raw materials which are priced in hard currency.
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Access to goods manufactured abroad and raw materials from overseas guarantees consumer choice and competitive prices.
Santa can also deduct the cost of goods and the cost of materials to make the toys.
The new ruling, passed June 3, gives Brazilian government owned power company Eletrobras (EBR), along with national and international equipment partners, the ability to buy capital goods, building materials, infrastructure materials and nuclear industry specific technologies for use in energy generation without having to pay the IPI, or industrial production tax, nor tariffs on imported goods.
Much of that can be blamed on domestic demand for imported goods and higher cost of raw materials, like iron ore.
First and foremost economics: China already is or will in time become that largest and fastest growing market for a range of Japanese exports, a key production base for its industrial companies, and a source of important imports, from finished goods, to parts, to primary materials and food.
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The Dig and its assorted workers certainly consumed materials, equipment, and domestic goods.
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South Korean companies that operated in Kaesong want to withdraw their raw materials and finished goods.
The wide array of imported construction materials, household goods and food are then loaded onto rows of waiting trucks.
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They have been importing all manner of raw materials and finished goods for two years on a massive scale.
Tsuga is placing big hopes on the home building materials and white goods sales in the near term and auto industry sales further out.
Since the import slump means that the region is bringing in fewer raw materials and intermediate goods for manufacturing, it implies a continuing export downturn.
It is also likely that companies everywhere will stockpile raw materials and finished goods ahead of the end of this year, for fear that the millennium bug might strike computers and disrupt their supply chain.
China is a prominent export-processing economy, which means that its factories import lots of raw materials and intermediate goods to stoke the machines and processes that manufacture and assemble the finished goods it exports to the United States and elsewhere.
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The latest missile firing came after the South Korean government on Sunday condemned Pyongyang's earlier launches and urged it to come to the negotiating table over the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex to allow South Korean companies to withdraw their raw materials and finished goods.
Although the prices of some goods (such as energy and industrial raw materials) could pick up in 2003, the effect will probably be balanced by continuing falls in the prices of most services.
Off-world settlements will provide fuel and life support materials for space missions and planetary operations, and for return of goods to Earth.
In every market--and at every step from suppliers of raw materials to consumers of finished goods--faster, cheaper communication lowers the cost of producing and consuming.
Over the past six months, leadership has come from sectors such as basic materials, consumer goods, technology, and services.
He says they come carrying raw materials and go back loaded with consumer goods.
They paid too much for raw materials, and charged too little for finished goods.
The government promoted the import of raw materials and technology at the expense of consumer goods, and encouraged savings and investment over consumption.
Wall Street seemed to be reacting to news of new stimulus measures from China, whose growing economy had been sucking in raw materials and high-value-added manufactured goods from around the world in recent years.
Now, as then, manufactured goods, technology and generous credit terms are basically bartered for Soviet raw materials, notably energy resources.
Polluting factories have been closed down, trucks have been forbidden to drive on the roads, raw materials can't be brought in, and goods can't be carried out.
Although Israel lifted most restrictions on the import of goods into Gaza following the flotilla incident, restrictions on some construction materials and most exports remain in effect.
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