Last year's profits were swelled by a fall in production costs.

去年因生产成本下降，利润有所增加。

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Any increase in production costs is bound to send up prices.

生产成本的增加必定使价格上涨。

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Ford sells a tangible product and investors can track changes in production costs.

福特公司生产销售的是有形产品，这更便于投资者跟踪其生产成本的变化。

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"The amount of preparation that goes in,you know, companies spend millions more in production costs,man hours, .

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

"Fertilizers represent about 20 percent of the input costs in rice production for farmers."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The strikes have mainly hit foreign companies. This is causing problems for those manufacturers that shifted production to China to take advantage of lower labor costs and to cash in on the potential consumer market.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

According to Sam Walsh, the board is likely to approve the proposal, barring a significant change in the supply-demand situation by then or a major increase in production costs.

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For one, the company takes the odd route and gets all the manufacturing done in Taiwan exclusively, despite the 20 percent hike in production costs compared to that of China.

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The situation was more grave for value-based retailers such as Aeropostale as it was facing a double-whammy on its margins, first from the increase in production costs due to rising cotton prices and second from the increase in promotions due to stiff competition in challenging retail environment.

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