41.   Yet the improvement in profit margins is eaten away in some instances by competition with imported refined products and gasoline price wars.

42.   A falling lira adds to inflationary pressures, forcing price rises in key imported products such as oil.

43.   Backed by hard currency, FEC could be used in certain state stores to buy imported products and export goods not normally available on the local market.

44.   Bi said the ministry will try to bring domestic prices closer to the levels on international markets and lower than imported products.

45.   Besides imported products, quality made-in-Malaysia goods are also available as the recent currency movement has made these goods very attractive to tourists.

46.   Business representatives agreed not to raise their own prices, except for justifiable increases on imported products.

47.   Business representatives agreed not to raise their prices, except for justifiable increases on imported products, hoping to avert inflation that would further fuel the crisis.

48.   Certain crops that are common in Indonesia can be processed into substitutes for a number of currently imported products.

49.   Do not allow companies to give away imported products as prizes when they hold contests, so as to help reduce the foreign exchange outflow.

50.   Due to the depreciation of the ringgit, Mohd Razin said, Ambang Anika had to increase the prices of all its imported products by next year.