Those markets, he added, "are pretty commodity-intensive".
That relationship has weakened thanks to demand growth in big commodity-intensive emerging economies.
The authorities there are trying to rebalance growth away from commodity-intensive investment in housing and other infrastructure.
Bundling up its underperforming businesses is also a way to deal with the hangover from the mining "supercycle" as China enters a less commodity-intensive phase of growth.
High prices are also encouraging users to look for alternatives.Commodity bulls argue that China has reached the most commodity-intensive stage of its development: industrialisation, urbanisation and infrastructure all use lots of raw materials.
They are also related, at least in part, to structural changes in the global economy.The world economy is increasingly powered by countries, such as China and India, whose growth is far more energy- and commodity-intensive than that of rich countries.
That creates commodity-intensive consumer demand.
Activities conducted by ZPCT included training health care workers in counseling and testing, PMTCT and commodity management, and intensive onsite mentorship to ensure the confidence and proficiency of the health care workers (HCWs).
In the middle of an intensely materialist decade, when theory-intensive "commodity art" reigned, it produced an exhibition titled "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985".
Nectar also happens to be an energy-intensive commodity to produce, Dr. Sapir said.
Virtual water is the water embedded in water intensive commodities such as wheat.
