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Table 15.1 outlines the relevant structure of world trade. Note that trade in manufactured goods predominates and that, although the developing countries trade almost exclusively in primary products, the industrialised countries export about the same quantities of these goods, and that the trade of the developing countries is mainly with the developed countries.
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Horesh, E. (1970). Primary Products, Trade and Stability. In: Economic Policy. Case Studies in Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15733-4_15
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