Apparel imports would be the first to benefit, extending a lifeline to garment entrepreneurs in Myanmar who used to export half their output to the U.S. until trade was frozen in 2003.
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This is one of the reasons why U.S. service industries only export about three percent of their gross output.
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The wild card remains China, which effectively sets pricing by its decision on export permitting for its own rare earths output.
Algerian gas and electricity company, CEEG opened the tender late last month to local and international outfits, marking one step towards a progressive national goal of 650MW by 2015 and building towards 22, 000MW by 2030, with output almost evenly split between domestic and export demand.
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After becoming the third North African nation to join the Desertec renewable energy plan, Algeria announced a series of tenders in July, appealing to local and international firms to help work towards a progressive national goal of 650MW by 2015 and building towards 22, 000MW by 2030, with output almost evenly split between domestic and export demand.
This will be an important step towards aggregating Caspian output and enhancing the viability of the Ceyhan export route.
Ahmed Ezz, for instance, has gone from ceramics into specialised steel: outpacing the state steel company, his firm now exports a third of its output and could, if it chose, export all of it.
To be sure, a complete shutdown of its output would be difficult: the country has several export outlets and some redundancy in pipeline infrastructure.
Brazil could expand output much more, but will do so only when export markets are less unpredictable.
Partly thanks to government subsidies, the wineries have raised the quantity and quality of their output, won a few international awards and notched up modest export sales.
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