Exports increased by only 73 percent in the same years.
Exports to Japan increased by 9 percent during the year.
The study reports that from 1985 through 1993, American exports increased 8.6 percent a year.
The export of timber products increased from 1985 to 1996 by 250%.
As a result, Quebec has seen its exports increase significantly.
China's exports to Norway amount to some $5.25 billion, increasing by 4.5 percent from last year.
Manufactured exports increased 3 percent last year after two years of decline.
Indonesian exports to China in 2004 increased by 232 percent from the previous year.
He is right that manufacturing exports have increased by nearly three quarters since 1981.
Exports have increased by 66 per cent since 1981, better than any of our six main competitors, it points out.