Outro exemplo, porque é importante a austeridade

"For 127 years, Herdade de Manantiz has been producing olive oil, mostly for the domestic market. But having suffered through recession like thousands of other traditional businesses, it has started overhauling its operations and searching for customers outside Portugal.
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In May, the company completed its first overseas sale — to a Brazilian retailer that bought 504 bottles of oil. It is pursuing buyers in Sweden and Japan for its oil made from galega olives, which are unique to Portugal.
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“It’s difficult to change direction for very small companies like ours, but there comes a point when there is really no other choice,” said António Morais de Almeida, who is part of the fifth generation of the family that owns and operates Manantiz.
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“Portugal had been one of the losers in the globalization process because most of our industries were competing directly with the emerging markets,” he said. (Moi ici: Muito bem, não culpar o euro)
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He said that the economic crisis had forced companies to start producing higher-quality products that can be marketed at a higher price. (Moi ici: LOL!!! E os que defendiam que só desvalorizando a moeda ou reduzindo salários se conseguia exportar!!!) Manantiz is a good example of that. Its initial shipment of olive oil to Brazil sold at 60 reais, or nearly $26, a bottle, four times what is sells for in Portugal."

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