The daily average export volume increased 7.2% internationally and the profit margin dropped to 15.4% from 16.2%.

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In France, which imports the most Scotch whisky of any export market, the volume of sales was down 25% to 154m bottles.

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The June trade figures suggest the export recovery is weakening as well: the volume of goods exported (excluding the most erratic items) was 2.5% lower than a year ago, and 4.4% down on the month.

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Developing economies, for example, have a whole decade to cut the value of their export subsidies by 24% and the volume of subsidized exports by 14%.

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New import restrictions mean that companies are allowed to bring in only the same volume of goods as they export.

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Although the volume of exports increased, its export earnings fell by 5% in the first half of this year compared with the same period last year.

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The ex-Soviet producer of beryllium, a plant called Ulba, was trying to export that metal to the US. The sole US producer (in any volume at least) was Brush Wellman.

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On the export front, Scottish manufacturers recorded no month-on-month change in the volume of sales to international clients.

BBC: Welder