In several countries the cost to public budgets of subsidising fishermen "exceeds the total value of the catches".
The Association of Residential Letting Agents reckons that the value of rented homes, estimated at around £500 billion, exceeds the total value of all the commercial premises in Britain.
Nobody knows the exact figure, but the notional amount certainly exceeds the total value of all the world's economic output, roughly sixty-six trillion dollars, by a huge factor — perhaps tenfold.
The initial endowment of the Carnegie Corporation, at $125m $3 billionn in today's money), exceeded the total value of all American foundations at the time.
Benetton Treviso is known as the most N.B.A.-friendly international club; Maurizio Gherardini, Benetton's general manager, said the team would never ask for a buyout that exceeded the total value of a contract.
Zhongjin Gold's share price is up 15 times since the beginning of 2005, and its current $3.8 billion market value now exceeds the total value of its reserves.
The amount of taxpayer money wasted due to Paulson and Geithner's violations of the prompt corrective action law will exceed the total present value cost of resolving the S&L debacle, $150 billion $$1993).
Nevertheless, petroleum continues to exceed the total of all other minerals in value of production, and more than one-tenth of the country's oil supply is refined in California.
Citigroup lost more equity value in two days that exceeded the total market value of GM and Ford!
Such arrangements are likely to break WTO rules, which specify that subsidies should not exceed 10% of the total value of production.A group of developing countries led by India wants to amend the rules.
