"So when foreign companies start negotiating with local Chinese suppliers, they really press hard on the prices offered by those Chinese suppliers."

VOA: special.2010.06.18

Then they sell their catch at prices too low for the local fishing industry to compete.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

"And that is why we are always looking at the impact of food aid on local markets and whether it is depressing prices in local markets."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Local prices may be distorted by trade barriers on beef, sales taxes, or big differences in the cost of property rents.

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Local prices differ based on factors like vehicle population, which drives demand, and proximity to oil refineries, which affects distribution costs.

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Because it takes virtually all residential property sales into account, the Land Registry's figures can provide a unique insight into not only national but local prices.

BBC: House price surveys explained