According to Polish agricultural officials, Animex collected more than €3 million in export funds.
George East is the online editor for a Vilnius-based NGO, Music Export Fund, and a freelance writer.
Mr. Carli also acted to plug some loopholes that enabled the very rich to export funds through simple accounting ad justments in their Swiss and Italian banks.
But uncertainty about energy supply is another discouragement to investors.The Kirchners have relied on taxing farm exports to fund public spending.
China's ministry of finance said it would continue to implement a tax rebate policy on steel exports to fund a costly capacity closure plan.
In the mid-1970s the government nationalized Venezuelan iron ore, oil, and gas industries, and it then used earnings from fossil fuel exports to fund major infrastructure improvements and other public works.
Both countries share a stubborn over-reliance on commodity exports to fund their government.
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, Mexico, Kuwait, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Venezuela and Iraq all rely on their oil and gas exports to fund government spending and especially social programs.
Most countries desperately need oil exports to fund government spending, to provide employment and to pay for imports, to say nothing of servicing their huge foreign debts.
And under the autocratic rule of Vladimir Putin, Russia, one of the top three oil producers, is desperate for cash, and Putin has no incentive to curtail production; in fact, since gaining control of the country on December 31 , 1999 he has not diversified the economy from its excessive reliance on oil exports to fund the government.
