It all depends on whether products like sugar, soya and cotton are included on the list.
He also imported commodities like sugar and cigarettes from traders at the Mombasa ports.
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Similar arguments apply for items like sugar and wheat, produced in quantity by India, which Pakistan needs.
Oman's coastal capital Muscat lines up like sugar cubes on a narrow shelf.
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Just like sugar in Louisiana (see article), cotton keeps a hold on the poorer, rural parts of the state.
Pathways spiral away from the central house and lead to the traditionally built single-storey guesthouses, scattered like sugar cubes over an undulating hill.
Most parents learn that little girls are truly like sugar and spice.
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Traditionally, commodities like sugar have been traded at the futures exchanges.
Farmers soak up about 85% of the border region's scarce water, and on the semi-arid land on both sides they grow thirsty cash crops like sugar cane.
There is humor and ease in the modern era, because Greenidge, who also wrote the edgy urban comedy "Milk Like Sugar, " writes the way real people talk.
Recently, Dougherty, who calls herself a "stress eater, " decided she needed to get rid of the bars and chocolates and fill her drawers with healthier fare like sugar-free instant oatmeal.
Dry water resembles a very fine powder (like icing sugar or flour) that has a slightly more liquid-like appearance when it flows, and if you squeeze some of it in your hand hard enough the powder combines to give you a few drops.
This is a piece of fluff that dissolves like a sugar cube as you watch it.
The Liberal Democrats have occasionally mooted things like a sugar tax, and people have talked about taxing the saturated fat content of processed foods.
Industries the Agriculture Department deals with like wheat, sugar, cattle, etc.
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Lower commodity prices means lower costs for important resources like oil and sugar, and therefore lower import costs for China and India, both battling with high inflation.
Without flocks of resort-goers, nations in this part of the world would have to rely more heavily on agriculture, leaving their economies at the mercy of the fluctuating prices of commodities like coffee, sugar and bananas.
Afflicted trees produce fewer cherries, and harvested beans are sapped of flavors like "Meyer lemon" and "sugar sprinkle" that draw gourmet roasters like Ms. Anunu.
This cafe has fed generations of protesters with divine treats like the meggyes retes (cherry strudel) and the Svajci kifli, which is a solid croissant-like pastry with icing sugar on top and ground walnuts inside.
This connection also has historic roots -- during the Middle Ages, extravagant meals or banquets hosted by the wealthy often featured sculptures made from edible ingredients like pastry dough, sugar and ice, according to the book Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance.
But large cap exporters like mining company Vale or sugar exporter Cosan are highly sophisticated and well-hedged companies that have prices locked in well in advance.
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Dangote started building his fortune over three decades ago by trading in commodities like cement, flour and sugar but became a billionaire by manufacturing these items.
The company won't give up on old lines, like its flagship (and sugar-loaded) Pepsi-Cola brand, even if it has been plagued in recent years by slow growth.
"They like this tea with one sugar and a little bit of milk and they consume it almost on a daily basis, and the same with people who are chocoholics, " he says.
Dangote began building his fortune more than three decades ago when he started trading in commodities like cement, flour and sugar with a loan he received from his maternal uncle.
Dangote started building his fortune more than three decades ago when he began trading in commodities like cement, flour and sugar with a loan he received from his maternal uncle.
Masala chai (spiced tea), black tea prepared with milk, sugar, and spices like cardamom, cinnamon sticks, ginger and cloves, is now the hallmark of Indian tea culture.
An experimental fence is guarding a field of sugar cane, which elephants like as much as alcohol.
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