As the Great Recession hit in 2008, Ressi caught wind of data showing that only one of every 1, 000 startups reached a meaningful valuation.

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Having hit lows of 429 thousand tons, exports decreased to only 14% of production, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture.

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