At the peak of the commodity boom in 2008, energy was Canada’s largest export.

2008年在自然商品蓬勃发展的高峰期,能源成为加国最大的出口商品。

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At the same time, falling demand is depressing industrial production, and declining commodity prices are squeezing the fiscal position of many export-dependent economies.

与此同时，需求下滑导致工业生产低迷，而大宗商品价格下跌则使许多依赖出口的经济体财政捉襟见肘。

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The imposition of export bans during the food price increase of 2007-2008 created a vicious circle that drove commodity prices higher.

在2007年至2008年食品价格上涨期间，一些国家实施出口禁令，引发了一个推高大宗商品价格的恶性循环。

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The only problem is that current law precludes the extension of Commodity Credit Corporation agricultural export credits unless there is a reasonable prospect of repayment.

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This year the price of Russia's main export commodity, oil, has fallen sharply.

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Many sharks perish as bycatch, but increasingly they are being hunted for their fins, a delicacy in China and a lucrative commodity. (The annual export of fins is thought to be worth about a billion dollars.) One study, published in Ecology Letters last year, estimates that between twenty-six million and seventy-three million sharks are killed for their fins every year.

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