So Turkmenistan is still forced to look for other options to make up for its export supply glut.
But in democracies that bent can lead to silly policies such as the new government of Thailand's subsidized rice price, designed to aid farmers but imperiling a huge export market with artificially high supply costs.
And, simultaneously, by artificially increasing domestic supply, the same export restrictions advantage Chinese manufacturing consumers of those materials.
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Similar acts can be expected in the food sector, which is already subject to export limits to conjure more domestic supply (much of which is lost to rot).
The company is also talking to the export-credit agencies of countries that supply it with equipment (such as the United States) or that might import its oil (such as China).
Although this focuses on reducing dependence on oil imports to reduce energy bills and ensure security of supply, it may indicate a reluctance to export gas for the same reasons.
It was designed to supply America with liquefied natural gas, but this export market has disappeared as the country's supplies of domestic shale gas have boomed.
In the early 1970s similar dollar weakness led to food supply scares and then to a U.S. export embargo by President Nixon, against the advice of his own agriculture minister.
For the last several years, he has led engagements focused on identifying challenges and opportunities across the agricultural market and supply chain in sub-Saharan Africa, including cash crops (for export), staples, and horticulture.
Similarly, retail industry leaders like Wal-Mart are typically adept at handling crises involving their supply chains, from problems related to domestic business partners to import and export issues triggered in China or other geographies.
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Natural gas export levels that allow producers to achieve attractive returns would increase the abundance and reliability of supply, as well as help unlock considerable macroeconomic and geopolitical advantages.
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Iran plans to export at least 250 million watts of electricity, and Iranian companies "to produce and supply industrial equipment needed in the Arab country, " according to the energy minister.
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