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April 1, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Un

The following trade leads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curr

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Jamaica's coffee industry, producer of world-famous Blue Mountain coffee and once a profitable $30 m

More than 80 agent and broker associations from around the world have formed an association of globa

There are many issues that concern the International Insurance Council, but the biggest is how to op

The North Dakota Senate, last week, voted down House Bill 1177, which would have exempted insurance

The peaceful stream of the Tiete river through the tranquil little town of Pederneiras is in sharp c

With its entire railway network now in private hands, Brazil is entering a new era in transportation

India lifted import restrictions on several hundred more products and simplified as importing proced

'There is a safety culture void.'

here is a distinct possibility that the European Central Bank will lower its 3 percent refinancing r

The People's Bank of China will this year end restrictions on the establishment of foreign banks' re

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 31, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

As of April 1, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per to

750 (April 1, 1999) Previous - 760The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays p

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

China's state-owned shipping company has asked the Federal Maritime Commission to release it from U.

As the smoke begins to clear after a very turbulent period in the supply chain management software m

John W. Snow, CSX Corp. chairman, urged officials at the ports of Baltimore and New York-New Jersey

Azerbaijan has offered an oil swap deal to Kazakstan's state oil company Kazakhoil, in a bid to boos

olivia's long-awaited truck route to the Pacific Ocean, con- necting the capital of La Paz and I

The sudden resignation last week of Paraguay's president, and the exile of a retired general, clears

April 1, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE H

Once dubbed an electoral gimmick, the government-sponsored development program called ''Brazil in Ac

Donald D. Holt, editor of The Journal of Commerce, announced his retirement and will leave in mid-Ap

Want to beef up your logistics department? Think about hir- ing a few officers fresh from the

April 1, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Missouri Central Railroad Co. is trying to revive its purchase of a rail route across Missouri by of

Lufthansa Technik has purchased a minority stake in global management consulting firm Simat, Hellies

Union Pacific Railroad Co. and CSX Transportation Inc. have forged an agreement designed to expedite

The huge Atlantic Huron, its belly full of iron ore pellets and its topside jumping with gleeful sch

Federal Express Corp. and Kitty Hawk International Inc. are seeking to take advantage of additional

Around 120 square miles of the South China Sea suffered what officials call bad pollution after a 3,

April 1, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

FUTURES - Mar. 31, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 30, 1999All life-of-contrac

Centris Group Inc. is in negotiations with other insurance companies that could lead to its sale.

entral American nations ravaged by Hurricane Mitch are about to embark on an unprecedented rebuildin

Despite the obstacles of or- ganizing an intermodal exhibition in the midst of Brazil's recessio