To protect certain fledgling industries, the government of Country Z banned imports of the types of products those industries were starting to make. As a direct result, the cost of those products to the buyers, several export-dependent industries in Z, went up, sharply limiting the ability of those industries to compete effectively in their export markets.
Which of the following conclusions about Country Z`s adversely affected export-dependent industries is best supported by the passage?
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AProfit margins in those industries were not high enough to absorb the rise in costs mentioned above.
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BThose industries had to contend with the fact that other countries banned imports from Country Z.
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CThose industries succeeded in expanding the domestic market for their products.
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DSteps to offset rising materials costs by decreasing labor costs were taken in those industries.
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EThose industries started to move into export markets that they had previously judged unprofitable.
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