1.   Afghanistan has the lowest calorie consumption rate in the world.

2.   However, the consumption rate was not expected to cut short the docked operations.

3.   The budget package includes an increase in the consumption tax rate, which economists expect will dampen demand this year.

4.   The projections assume that as they age, adults will adopt the current consumption rates of the age group preceding them.

5.   The recent strong consumption rates will push prices up in the coming days, Walsh said.

6.   Developing countries are expected to bear the brunt of the increase because of soaring consumption rates in nations like China.

7.   Developing countries are expected to bear the brunt of the increase because of soaring consumption rates.

8.   Slowing growth in both urban and rural incomes have contributed to sluggish consumption rates, Ding said.

9.   The consumption rate in Thailand, China and other Asean nations is currently low.

10.   The matured or fully industrialised economies such as the United States, Japan and Western Europe will have lower consumption growth rates at only one per cent per annum.