The decrease in the current balance surplus in 1998 was due to the Asian crisis and the over-valuation of the Swiss franc, the 'Asian factor' being marginal, as exports to Japan and South-East Asian countries accounted for a mere 4.1%and3.7%7% of exports respectively.
Even South Africa's inter-regional textile exports, despite boasting a more established and sophisticated industry, represent a mere 12%to14%4% of total exports.
In 2008, Japan's clothing and apparel-related exports came to a mere $416 million, dwarfed by the $3.68 billion exported by American apparel companies, and a tiny fraction of China's $113 billion.
Currency fluctuations, tax rates and other competitive factors probably swamp Ex-Im's impact; it backed a mere 2percentt of U.S. exports last year.
Overall, a mere 0.7% of Indias exports went to Russia last year, worth $733.15 million, and 1.4% of its imports came from Russia $2.02 billions worth, according to government figures.
In 2011, Yemen exported a mere 2,500 tonnes although there are attempts to revive cultivation of the best coffee in its original home.
If exports were 10% larger than reported, it falls to $82 billion and to a mere $40 billion with a 15% export undercount.
The issue goes beyond mere protection of trade and export of the rice.
The United States already dominates the international arms market, with nearly 80 percent of the sales, and the State Department denied a mere 1 percent of the arms export license requests from 2008 to 2010.
There is no attempt to levy duties on goods to be exported, and the mere incidental effect in the legal regulation of interstate commerce upon such exportations does not come within this constitutional prohibition.
