Sentence examples for for primary commodities from inspiring English sources

The Co-operative has now put its principles slap bang on its placards: in future, says the principle, for primary commodities "if it can be Fairtrade, it will be Fairtrade".

If the last eight years were good for the lower two thirds, they were hardly bad for the top third of the population – when, for instance, exports soared through a combination of increased international demand for primary commodities and the country's new, independent foreign policy.

It all hinges on the relative strength of forces behind the demand for primary commodities relative to the demand for manufactures, and the supply of commodities relative to the supply of manufactures (Brahmbhatt and Canuto, 2010).

As a result, the terms of trade declined precipitously for producers of primary commodities.

Protectionist policies, however, may have contributed to the extreme decline in the world price of raw materials, which caused severe balance-of-payments problems for primary-commodity-producing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and led to contractionary monetary and fiscal policies.

Many African countries rely heavily on exports of a small number of primary commodities (for example, cotton, coffee, cocoa, soyabeans, metals and, in some cases, oil).

Unless you are a developing economy whose export basket is mainly made up of primary commodities destined for China, you cannot blame your economic ills on its slowdown.

An otherwise typical country whose exports of primary commodities account for 10% of GDP has an 11% chance of being at war.

Or more support for developing countries to diversify away from reliance on export of primary commodities?

For a number of reasons, many African countries continue to rely on the export of primary commodities rather than value addition and diversification of the economic base.

The prices of primary commodities traded in world markets declined even more dramatically during this period.