1.   World rice and rubber prices plummeted and production was cut.

2.   They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.

3.   Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production.

4.   Attempts in mid-March to limit output failed after some member states, notably Kuwait and the UAE, refused to cut production.

5.   He also said that BC would required an even larger subsidy from public funds if open-cast production was cut.

6.   When they were told to cut production, they did so without quibble.

7.   So GATT has a purpose in trying to sweep these injustices away and achieve a fair balance, if necessary by forcing some countries to cut production.

8.   Already, much of Southeast Asia is in the grip of a punishing drought that threatens to cut production of internationally important crops like coffee and palm oil.

9.   Aluminum producers, for instance, have cut production in order to sell electrical power that is too valuable to use for smelting aluminum.

10.   An Astra spokesman said today that the company would cut production by half to reflect the expected slump in demand.