Small producer associations around Bolivia are now working to create an inventory of all the companies and their equipment so they can show on paper the actual production potential of the sector.

BBC: Textile manufacturer in Bolivia

Mr. GEOFF SUNDSTROM (Spokesman, Triple-A): What's occurring at the retail level and at the fuel distribution terminal is a complete draining of their gasoline inventory, the cleaning of all the equipment and storage, and then a refilling of that storage with the new Ethanol blend fuel.

NPR: Marketplace Report: Feeling the Pain at the Pump

It used to be inventory excesses, equipment excesses, sometimes housing excesses, sometimes all of them.

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