Because of the high price for diesel oil on the black market, the officials said, quantities of the oil intended for dealers in Iraq were being diverted by smugglers out of the country, either by ship or on an overland route to Kuwait.
As Stalin reputedly said, quantity has a quality all of its own.Quantity, quality or technology?At Farnborough this year, the big aerospace companies still enjoyed the best chalets.
He acknowledged the gallery's claim that perambulatory staff were more effective, but said: "The quantity of surveillance is halved whether or not its quality improves".
In a statement to Congress in July, the F.D.A.'s associate commissioner for policy and planning, Randall W. Lutter, said the quantity of counterfeit prescription drugs intercepted by customs officials suggest that such smuggling is on the rise.
Joel Hollander, a former general manager of CBS Radio, who also ran WFAN, said the quantity of WCBS's in-game advertising on Yankee games was directly related to the rights fee it paid.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the quantity of goods bought increased by 0.1% in July on the previous month, though taking the three months to the end of July it jumped 0.5% compared with the previous quarter, to maintain the annual increase in sales volumes at 4.2%.
A total of 65% in the Bududa district and 77% in the Kiryandongo district said the quantity of relief food supplied in post-disaster situations was insufficient.
"We're worried about a tourism model that focuses on quantity, quantity, quantity," said José Luis Zoreda of the organisation.
The ministry said "light quantities of ash" dropped on Paso de Cortes, a Mexico state community at the foot of the volcano, and the towns of Atlixco and Huejotzingo in the state of Puebla, some 23 kilometers away.
Those inspectors said large quantities of biological agents remained unaccounted for as recently as this year.
The officials said large quantities of the fertilizer were stored at the port without any particular security measures.
