Despite the logistical difficulties, and because of the considerable margin of profit, the khat trade has emerged as one of the significant elements of Somalia's war economy.

What else has that kind of profit margin?

What else... what else has that kind of profit margin?

From wholesale purchase to street price one importer quotes a profit margin of 200 per cent.

Bhagheeratha alleged that the evidence supported an actual profit margin of 11.29 per cent.

It has provided evidence of the costs incurred up until August 1990, and also that it had been paid up until that date according to the terms of the contract, but this does not show that the contract would have been successfully completed with the claimed margin of profit.

(a) Continue to monitor profit margins of all its projects (para. 35);

A similar inspection of diamond production in the Sankuru and Lodja areas of Northern Kasai the week before had also revealed that RPA officers were clandestinely taking large quantities of diamonds out of Northern Kasai directly to the Congo Desk in Kigali. RCD-Goma determined that Mr. Khalil was undervaluing the diamonds, and the consequence was a reduction in taxes payable to RCD-Goma's public treasury as well as a greater margin of profit for Mr. Khalil and the Congo Desk.

The reason for this is the very small profit margin of the smaller rough diamond traders and cutters.

However, Technip provided no evidence that it generated a profit margin of five per cent on previous projects.