According to experts working in this field, the yearly production capacity for seasonal influenza vaccine is expected to rise to 1 billion doses in 2010, provided corresponding demand exists.
Smelting capacity in China has risen 25 per cent annually for three years, outstripping the 10-15 per cent yearly increase in demand, forcing it to export excess production.
As in Europe, a spike in agricultural demand, compounding the effect of the economic recovery and increased trucking activity, may have contributed to the yearly increase in diesel.