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That’s good news, as Iran had been exporting some 1.5 million barrels of oil a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Ben Hutchins, its sales and marketing director, told the BBC the firm was "pretty gutted" that talks had been suspended, adding that the company had been exporting to Canada since 1980.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

Up until just two weeks ago, von der Leyen said, Ukraine had been exporting electricity to its European neighbors, generating much-needed revenue for the country, which has seen its economy collapse amid Russia’s invasion.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

It had been exporting almost 6 million barrels a day before the Iranian revolution in 1979.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2018

During the early 1750's merchants paid up to twenty shillings per hundred pounds, even though Virginia had been exporting from 38,000,000 to 53,000,000 pounds annually.

From Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" by Herndon, G. Melvin