We also decided to fish with two legs--one in China and one in export.
Having devalued their currencies, the neighbours have become vastly more competitive in export markets.
Kiwi policymakers remain concerned that the overvalued NZD is undermining profitability in export and import competing industries.
It said 2.8% of south Cambridgeshire businesses were involved in export, well above the 0.6% national average.
Sensing an opportunity in export markets, John Davies, the managing director, bought the Poole-based firm in 2005.
American factory purchasing managers reported a sharp jump in export orders in October and a drop in imports.
So aside from the new loading buoys, any increase in export capacity depends on pipelines through neighbouring countries.
Chinese customers are increasingly important for sustaining U.S. jobs in export industries and local services including hospitality and retail.
This would represent the sharpest decline in export earnings Venezuela has ever experienced.
And we're hearing from the whisky industry about a 22% rise in export shipments in the first half of this year.
Fast productivity growth in export industries raises average wage costs across the economy, including in non-traded services where productivity is sluggish.
But ministers say there are some positive signs such as the falling unemployment rate and increases in export growth and business start-ups.
Being technologically advanced and well diversified in export markets is a defence.
The increase in export orders should soon translate into higher export sales.
While conceding holes in the date where oil and finance should be, it says there's a shortfall in export-oriented firms in Scotland.
Investment in export sectors, in particular, may simply have shifted to China.
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Most of that, it said, would be due to a fall in export earnings, aid and income from rich countries now in recession.
Mr. Pearson pointed to the low cost of finance accessible to many German companies and to their often strong performance in export markets.
Despite generally forecasting an improvement in export orders, optimism among firms dropped into negative territory after a sustained period of "extremely positive" quarters.
The dramatic increases in export ratios seen in countries like Germany or China during the last boom will not be replicated in this recovery.
Although Germany saw production volumes in manufacturing rise on a rebound in export demand the situation elsewhere in the old continent is still dire.
The steep drop in export revenue that began with the US financial collapse in 2008 has led to a massive over-investment in real estate.
Mr Schulz of Fujitsu Research Institute added that the slowdown in export growth was resulting in many firms holding back their expansion and investment plans.
The previous three quarters had shown a decline in export volumes.
The survey found that 18% of firms saw orders rise, while 34% recorded a fall, and manufacturers also said that the decline in export orders increased.
Governments cannot use the exchange rate to help the economy adjust to outside shocks, such as a fall in export prices or sharp shifts in capital flows.
Chinese firms have not traditionally got involved in export finance.
And the number tells you nothing about the impact on the rest of the economy from such an increase in fuel prices, both at home and in export markets.
The most troubling statistic of all is the marked slowdown in export growth, which went from 7% in the second quarter to a near standstill in July and August.
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The minister said the contract also showed that "despite the current difficult economic conditions, local manufacturers in sectors such as engineering can compete and above all succeed in export markets".
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