Feraci said that if prolonged, the economic downturn will lead to a retraction in U. S. biofuel production.

费拉西说，经济衰退如果持续下去，美国生物柴油产量将出现下降。

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However, as a consequence of the economic downturn, which reduced demand and prices significantly in 2009, we expect the natural gas production volume to decrease slightly in the short term and then increase, crossing 900 mcf by the end of the Trefis forecast period.

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However, due to the economic downturn, demand and price of natural gas declined in 2009, causing a decline in gas production as well.

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During the recent economic downturn that brought havoc throughout the global auto industry Ford saw production slump from 5.532 million units in 2008 to 4.817 million units in 2009.

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