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Boycott Hurts U.S. Exports Al-Jazeera Television,
A grassroots boycott against American products in Saudi Arabia led by activists in traditional Palestinian headgear has led to American exports to the Kingdom falling by 33 percent between September 2001 and March 2002. In the first quarter of 2002, when the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was at its peak, the decrease reached 43 percent. Japanese and French exports rose during the same period. The American embassy in Riyadh downplayed the boycott, saying other factors such as currency fluctuations and a decrease in some military purchase agreements contributed to the decline.
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