21.   However, it will continue to raise output as the market grows.

22.   Iraq tried to persuade its partners in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to delay a decision on raising output until later this year.

23.   Iran, which declined to go along with the OPEC majority, on Wednesday said it would raise output.

24.   It is not clear whether OPEC could raise output even if it wanted to, because many member nations are already producing at capacity.

25.   Mitsubishi Motors Corp. cited the only production increase, as the company raised its output of passenger vehicles, particularly mini-cars.

26.   Officials have said the government plans to raise grain output by improving technology and land use.

27.   Schlumberger has worked actively with several Russian oil companies, helping them to raise their output.

28.   Vietnam is chronically short of power, and several projects to raise its output are bogged down in bureaucracy.

29.   Western governments, fearful that higher oil prices will cause inflation and slow economic growth, have urged OPEC to raise output to bring prices down.

30.   Honda expects to boost production both within Japan and overseas, while Toyota expects to cut production at home and raise output overseas.