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Exporters in Country X are facing lower revenues due to a shortage of 02 Mar 2025, 23:07
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Hi MartyMurray
Thanks for the detailed answer.
I am a bit confused with the reasoning, it should be companies involved with exporting/importing right? Because in this case, there will be less exports available as consumers are purchasing more from that.
Please confirm this once.

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D. consumers in Country X are purchasing more products than ever before

We can see that the fact that consumers in Country X are purchasing more products does not support the conclusion that the revenues of exporters in Country X will probably continue to decline. After all, consumers purchasing more would not cause revenues to decline.

If (D) included different information, such as that consumers in country X are purchasing a greater proportion of their purchases from companies that are not involved in importing or exporting, then it could support the conclusion. However, it includes no such information, only the simple fact that they are purchasing more.

So, we can eliminate (D).

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agrasan - look at the argument again and ask yourself - what are we trying to strengthen? Is it:

1. Revenue of exporters (regardless of where the revenue comes from)
2. Revenue of exporters from exporting goods to other countries.

What do you think?
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Exporters in Country X are facing lower revenues due to a shortage of 06 Oct 2025, 01:22
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I came up with reasoning that now very less containers are arriving in country X compared to times before , so whatever number of containers they would be filled quickly.

Whereas for D I assumed there is no goods left to export as local consumers are consuming all of it, that's why exporters revenue would decline.
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Exporters in Country X are facing lower revenues due to a shortage of 13 Oct 2025, 15:53
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I came up with reasoning that now very less containers are arriving in country X compared to times before , so whatever number of containers they would be filled quickly.
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Yes, but exporters do not have enough containers to meet demand. That's why they've experienced lower revenues, lost orders, etc. The containers are LEAVING Country X quickly, but, because of choice (B) along with a reduction in imports, the containers aren't coming back to Country X quickly enough.

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Whereas for D I assumed there is no goods left to export as local consumers are consuming all of it, that's why exporters revenue would decline.
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We can't assume that an increase in purchasing in Country X would cause a decrease in what's available to export. It's possible that consumers are purchasing items that are not a significant source of exporter revenue. It's also possible that possible that there is plenty of supply to meet the increased demand in Country X in addition to overseas demand.
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Boil it down:
A problem
Some solutions presented, but they are costly
Future prediction: problem will continue
Reasoning : 1st increasing unprofitable imports
Since 2nd Reasoning_________

Gap:
· Why other countries will make loss if they ship to country X?
· Tariffs
· Ports
· Some reason they will not make profit in X


Which of the following would most logically complete the passage?

A. production of shipping containers in Country X is growing rapidly as a response to the shortage – opposite of conclusion/ prediction - OUT
B. shipping companies are willing to move containers from country to country only when the containers are full – less sexy – So, earlier if the 100 half loaded containers were reaching X, now, probably 50 fully loaded containers will reach X. so, a decrease in number of containers - CORRECT
C. the cost of shipping alternatives such as air freight is likely to stabilize in the near future – opposite of conclusion/ prediction - OUT
D. consumers in Country X are purchasing more products than ever before – opposite of conclusion/ prediction - OUT
E. the worldwide demand for goods made in Country X has only recently begun to rise after a long decline – hold on – unprofitable to export their goods in X??? - opposite of conclusion/ prediction – OUT
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Exporters in Country X are facing lower revenues due to a shortage of 09 Aug 2026, 05:59
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The Analogy: Pizza Delivery Boxes 🍕📦

Imagine Country X is a bakery that makes Pizzas (Exports) and sells them to neighboring towns.
To deliver these pizzas, the bakery needs Cardboard Pizza Boxes (Shipping Containers).
How the Bakery Gets Boxes:
The bakery does not make its own boxes. Instead, neighbors from other towns order Cakes (Imports) from abroad, which arrive in Country X packed inside these same Cardboard Pizza Boxes.

The Problem:
Neighborhood towns stop buying cakes from Country X. Because fewer cakes are being delivered into Country X, far fewer pizza boxes are entering the country.
The Shortage:
The pizza bakery runs out of boxes. It cannot send out its pizzas, so its pizza sales drop drastically.
Now, why will the pizza bakery's sales CONTINUE to decline?

The passage gives two reasons:
Reason 1: Other towns will buy even fewer cakes from Country X in the future (meaning even fewer boxes arrive carrying cakes).
Reason 2 (Option B): Box delivery drivers refuse to drive empty boxes from town to town for free—they will ONLY drive a box if it contains a cake!

Because driver companies refuse to transport empty boxes (Option B), and nobody is sending cakes into Country X (Reason 1), the pizza bakery will never get any empty boxes to ship its pizzas.
As a result, pizza sales (exporter revenues) will keep falling!
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