51.   The reasons include looser trade restrictions and an abundance of cheap Mexican labor.

52.   The reasons include rising costs while market prices drop and a growing concern that recyclables are being dumped in landfills and incinerators like trash.

53.   The reasons include a low birth rate, a trickle of immigration, and an aging population.

54.   The reasons included giving birth to only daughters, squabbling over finances, or choosing a husband not selected by her parents.

55.   Additional reasons included cyclical swings in contributions to multilateral institutions and statistical changes, he said.

56.   But the legal reasons did not include the allegations of murder on the high seas.

57.   Other reasons include a rise in depreciation costs following several years of intense investment, and fierce competition for individual customers, he said.

58.   Other reasons include a recent government decision to lift the ban on production of beer by private companies.

59.   Reasons for this included a slowdown in European growth and structural problems in European industry reducing demand for Australian raw materials.