"There probably has been good export demand of heating oil to Europe," he said.

Capital spending grew 4.3 percent to meet growing export demand.

Weak export demand also contributed to the declines, analysts said.

Wheat futures prices continued to fall under weak export demand.

"There still is a real cushion from export demand in this recession."

"We would expect some improvement as firms try to meet export demands," he said.

The Administration is counting on rising export demand to account for nearly half of the growth in the gross national product this year.

Again, these can be used to assess potential export demand or continuity of import supplies.

Prices are also being pressured by a lack of export demand.

So the Guardian did report an increased export demand.