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Bottlenecks at Ukraine's three major grain-handling ports have worsened and now threaten to reduce t

ustoms automation will dominate the conversations this week at the annual meeting of the National Cu

More than a year after they expected railroad competition to start, shippers in Mexico are still wai

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 4, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 185.25 up 1.20 w

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

Despite a disap- pointing set- back last Novem- ber at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation foru

he announcement last November that paper and pulp giants International Paper and Union Camp would me

This year exports are expected to help the U.S. paper and allied products industry rebound in the

fter months of wrangling, freight forwarders and manufacturers are still fighting over who will be l

The French export insurer known as Coface has opened subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Tokyo, making it

The federal government would help states prepare for natural disasters through a bill the House pass

A key House committee working on legislation to replace the Harbor Maintenance Tax said it will cons

It was just a few scant months ago that Canadian energy executives, whose companies pumped out large

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 4, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Mar. 4, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

he lines defining customs brokers, ocean forwarders and air forwarders have been blurring for years.

Establishing a good sales office in Beijing and finding and supplying the strongest niche needs o

Anybody can go through life keeping a low profile.What's unusual about the new director of t

growing number of smaller freight forwarders are spending thousands of dollars each to train employe

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

Mar. 5: 956

'A shortage of logistics infrastructure is still a major problem in Mexico.'

The European Commission's recent dawn raids on eight major eurozone banks have so far given no concl

Germany's planned ''ecotax'' on fuel and other forms of energy would increase the cost of doing busi

Rep. Herbert Bateman, R-Va., chairman of the military readiness subcommittee of the House National S

The recent joint venture between the U.S. Postal Service and DHL Worldwide Express for express lette

As of Feb. 26, 1999Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

Experts on the millennium computer bug warned Congress last week that international commerce and tra

he JOC calendar is a detailed listing of upcoming events in transportation and logistics, regulation

any importers consider Customs valuation rules to be completely separate from valuation under the i

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

United Fire & Casualty Co. plans to buy American Indemnity Financial Corp. for approximately $30.6 m

Chicago Title Corp. has acquired Security Title Agency, Phoenix.With almost 500 employees, S

Free-trade talks between Mexico and the European Union are entering a crucial stage because of an in

Six staff members of Chevron Corp. have been missing for two months after being seized with 11 other

s trade becomes increasingly globalized and importers and exporters demand a door-to- door delivery

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUPCary I. Beighley was named president of the Worldwide Warranty D

For Frantz Guns, who heads up the last of Mexico's mainline privatized railroads, a day without a su