6141 Purchase of local goods

6250 Quotas linked with purchase of local goods

Import tariffs will increase the cost to importers, and increase the price of imported goods in the local markets, thus lowering the quantity of goods imported, to favour local producers.

In fact, because most consumer goods are imported, it is unlikely that domestic companies will benefit at all.

Secondly, the gross domestic product must be expanded so as to produce goods and services for the domestic, regional and international markets.

In the industrial sector, Tanzania relies on the processing of local commodities and on the manufacture of goods for import substitution.

The long term downward trend of commodity prices and poor linkages between the commodity and domestic sectors gave rise to the need for policies which created and intensified linkages in development programmes and strategies.

68. In preparing the projects, the NDCs would use local consultants and institutions to the maximum extent possible.

Local conditions, particularly the difficulties of transporting goods into the region, have made it necessary to depend to a large extent on local suppliers.

Additional requirements were due to limited markets in Liberia, which resulted in exorbitant prices for local goods and services.

A breakdown of the procurement of goods and services from local area sources by mandate period is contained in paragraph 31 of the main report.

So, even as custom manufactured goods become cheaper and people talk about local manufacture as well as local foods, other goods may get more expensive if we do it right.

In India, the installation of price tickers in remote local markets has resulted in shrinking spreads between the spot prices of commodities in these local markets and commodity exchange prices.

However, mobilizing domestic investment in useful directions and helping local organizations in their efforts to procure goods and services and technologies from other countries are equally important objectives.

Export of goods, FOB Import of goods, FOB Trade balance

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UNICEF will develop further as a global knowledge resource on commodities for children and how to deliver them, and will increase its support to Governments in local commodity assessments and budgeting for the Millennium Goals

But, with the adjustment, Chinese consumers will spend more on imports and less on domestic goods.

A devalued currency would increase exports and would cause Greek households and firms to substitute domestic products for imported goods.

With the exception of scrap iron and copper, aluminium and mineral coal waste, the export of all local goods and commodities is permitted for trade purposes, subject to the following requirements

(a) The development of the African commodity sector through diversification programmes and projects utilizing local skills, initiatives and enterprise to the maximum extent

In addition, high prices of these items on the local market contributed to the additional requirement of 86,500.

Today, hundreds of millions of people around the world have access to global goods in their local supermarkets.

Commodities

Number of commodities

Commodities 25.3

Delivery of goods

Hand over the goods.

In 2009, sharp drops in commodity prices and the effects of the global financial crisis caused the local currency to drop 40 against the U.S. dollar.

Commodities on the Rise

Provision of goods and services

Precious commodities

Commodities

Cost of goods sold 5 929.0 1 220.8 20.5 7 149.8 497.2 7 647.0

Cost of goods sold 2 985.5 200.0 6.6 3 185.5 236.1 3 421.6

POST REQUIREMENTS Programme Commodities

On delivery of goods

(d) Commodities

(c) COMMODITIES

(c) COMMODITIES

Total sales of consumer goods increased by 14.8 in 2010 and domestic fixed investment grew by 19.5 , both in real terms.

They are unable to add value to raw materials in order to sell processed goods in local and international markets and negotiate better prices and favorable trade rules.

5. The appreciation of local currencies held down the prices of tradeable goods however, this was generally not true to the same extent for the costs of private services.

quot External factors such as trade, debt, commodity prices, transfer of technology and financial flows are critical to the success or failure of the domestic efforts of developing countries

For improving the competitiveness of the commodity sector in developing countries, diversifying towards new and higher value products, and ensuring that more of the value added to commodities is retained in local economies, government policies and private sector strategies need to serve these objectives.