71.   He said that a slump in oil prices would help that by generating less export earnings.

72.   He said that Hungary had used its export earnings to pay the sum.

73.   He forecast continued tight government spending, not only for the next fiscal year but for the following year also, if export earnings do not pick up.

74.   However, some group members are losing their reticence as the slide in prices erodes precious export earnings.

75.   However, higher than expected export earnings coming from associate company Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd will be able to bring some relief, he adds.

76.   However, the group has strong export earnings as a counter-balance.

77.   If the lost business and other opportunity costs are taken into consideration, the water fiasco may have cost the country billions of ringgit in export earnings.

78.   In Dominica, St Lucia and St Vincent islands, bananas account for half of all export earnings.

79.   In Jamaica, banana exports to Europe are second only to sugar in export earnings.

80.   It entails cutting foreign debt to levels that the countries can service through export earnings, aid and capital flows.