The Country of New Florentina Mines More Fluorite Each Year

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True/False

The country of New Florentina mines more fluorite each year than it needs for its own manufacturing purposes. Recently, a neighboring country complained that its manufacturing sites could buy fluorite from New Florentina cheaper than they could buy it from its own mines. A government trading expert's claim that New Florentina is dumping fluorite onto its neighbor's market is probably accurate.

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