This implies that the rising oil export revenues that have accrued to OPEC have coincided with rising OPEC imports .

And boosting exports is, of course, China s customary response to weaker domestic demand.

The increase in unemployment was common to most euro area countries and the degree of dispersion across euro area countries remained broadly unchanged .

On a more positive note , the euro area appears to have benefited from oil revenue recycling via increased demand from oil exporting countries compensating for some of the wealth transfer resulting from higher import prices . On the exports side , increases in both export prices and export volumes contributed to the growth in export values in 2006 .

In the high tech sector2 the dramatic rise in M A 2 The high tech sector , as defined in Thomson Financial 's M A database , consists mainly of various sub sectors of manufacturing and services . 64

On the exports side , both export prices and export volumes contributed to the growth in export values of goods in 2005 .

The rise in export prices was partly accounted for by the increase in costs associated with higher oil prices .

The Argentinean Senate recently rejected the proposal to increase taxes on agricultural exports.

imports exports 110 105 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 1999 2000 2001 2002

The main reason for this development was a reduction in the goods surplus from Euros 83.4 billion in 1999 to Euros 59.8 billion in 2000 , as the increase in the imports of goods exceeded the rise in the exports of goods .

As new technologies appeared, and with increases in internal productivity, exports increased considerably.

Output growth is being driven by domestic demand , partly reflecting low interest rates and buoyant credit growth , and the negative contribution of net exports to growth has started to neutralise gradually , reflecting a significant rise in exports .

Such a breakdown shows that the strong rise in export values that took place in the first half of the year was mostly accounted for by robust growth in export volumes , while export prices remained subdued .

Overall , in the first three quarters of 2003 export volumes were slightly

3 ) As a percentage of total exports and imports .

1 ) As a percentage of total exports and imports .

The projected improvement is supported by the revival of exports .

The three phenomena that boost nominal GDP increases in real output, a rise in the relative price of exports, and real exchange rate appreciation do not operate independently of one another.

1 ) Trade weights are the sum of exports and imports expressed as total of euro area ( including Greece ) exports and imports .

China s exports to the Middle East are already more than twice those of the US.

Euro area exports also benefited from the recycling of oil export revenues by oil exporting countries ( see Box 8 ) .

Import growth also declined , however , and the contribution of net exports to real GDP growth remained both positive and significant in 2001 .

The economy experienced a slowdown in 2005, but in 2006 recovered to the fastest pace in six years on the back of increased exports and strong investment.

Second , given that the value added content of Chinese exports is relatively low ( as the import content of Chinese exports is relatively high ) , the direct impact of the global export slowdown on GDP growth was less severe .

The growth of imports exceeded that of exports , leading to a further widening of the external deficit .

ECB Annual Report 2004 the global economic environment developments in the euro area .

25 ( see Section 1 above ) , which led to a deceleration in export growth that was not matched by the slowdown in imports .

Export and import price indices ( extra euro area ) ( m )

82 more than four fifths of the island's exports is agricultural produce.

However, in 2003, the figure dropped to 58.5 in Aliança and 33.3 in Fukuhaku.

The deceleration of euro area exports in the second half of the year seems to stem mostly from weaker exports to Asia and the new EU Member States , although exports to the United States also slowed substantially .

Nothing becomes more profitable than over invoicing imports and under invoicing exports.

3 The growth of extra euro area exports would initially remain somewhat below that of the euro area 's export markets , partially as a result of the past appreciation of the euro .

( iii ) a rise in non interest income

exports ( f.o.b. )

A gradual recovery in exports is projected , supported by foreign demand growth , although price competitiveness is expected to weigh somewhat on exports .

Outside the EU, the United States accounted for 23.2 of exports and 14.1 of imports in 2010.

The oil sector now accounts for 50 of GDP and 80 of exports.

Such a breakdown suggests that , compared with 2002 average levels , the fall in the value of exports in the first three quarters of 2003 stemmed from a decrease in export prices .

Developments in euro area goods imports in 2009 lagged behind those observed for exports .

Increasing managerial and professional skills

The petroleum sector accounts for roughly 92.5 of Saudi budget revenues, 90 of export earnings, and 55 of GDP.

The expected slowdown reflects the lower growth of both exports and domestic demand .

Moreover , despite export momentum , private investment growth slowed down .

On the imports side , import volumes followed similar trends to those of export volumes in 2007 .