Still, inflation is spreading from food to raw materials and energy and may squeeze companies’ margins and hurt export competitiveness, the organization said.

不过，通货膨胀正在蔓延，从食物到原材料和能源，并可能挤压公司的利润以及伤害出口竞争力。

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You then sell as many units of that product, thereby spreading your fixed costs over as many units as you can, and you compete on margins.

然后你要销售尽可能多的产品，最大程度分摊固定成本，为获得利润而展开竞争。

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Increased sales mean the operating costs, which are more or less fixed, spreading over a greater revenue which will result in higher operating margins for the company.

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