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Saudi Crown Prince Abdallah bin Abdel Aziz has urged members of the Organization of Petroleum Export

Citigroup Chairman John Reed said the company is planning to enter the insurance business in Japan a

U.S. balance of trade figures are a key measurement of how well the nation's economy is doing, and t

or purposes of international sales negotiations, importers should be familiar with the types of tr

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

Tennant Co., the world's leading manufacturer of industrial floor-maintenance equipment, said it sig

European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer said Tuesday the U.S. dollar will remain the ma

he Automated Export System is a unique cooperative effort by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau

It took Customs and the trade community almost three years of bitter negotiations to develop regulat

The International Maritime Organization is expected to start a process this week that could overhaul

It's countdown time for shippers and freight forwarders accustomed to filing export data with the go

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 7, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPEN OPEN HIGH LOW

Israel's main shipping line will get priority berthing at South Korea's largest port and at a new co

The planners of a revolutionary high-speed ship have gotten a big break: a preliminary deal to carry

Hvide Marine Inc. has inaugurated its latest double-hull lightship tanker.In a statement, th

Tuesday Dec. 8, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

State oil firms Rosneft, Slavneft and Onako and trader Zarubezhneft have signed a pact on joint inve

Jefferson-Pilot Corp. plans a gradual discontinuation of its group medical insurance products over t

urope's attempts to gain ascendancy in the high-technology arena have been thoroughly outlined. But

Foreign investors are turning cautious on U.S. real estate, but they have a growing appetite for U.S

The Japan Iron and Steel Federation has prepared a letter protesting the U.S. investigation procedur

Dec. 8, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

There is no indication that Hong Kong, for years Asia's bastion of free trade, has lost its traditio

The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a preliminary ruling that found an indication that ch

It's summer Down Under. Beaches are popular. Test match cricket is played against the English. Chris

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

Growth in Cuba's economy will slow to 1 percent this year from 2.5 percent in 1997, a Cuban minister

The proposed merger of two state-owned airlines in India will make sense only if they are able to re

German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant Hoechst said today its supervisory board had approved pla

he Federal Reserve is encouraging the creation of an electronic payments system for international tr

Reuben Schwartz, president of International Business and Economic Research Corp. in Washington and a

'Negotiations in the multilateral sphere are more of a priority than this regional process.'

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Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Harold Creel Jr. says he doesn't consider himself to be ''The W

Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes opened the country's largest air show here Tuesday with an

The gloom of low oil prices cast dark clouds over a meeting of Caspian Sea oil experts and companies

Physicians Investment Co., a unit of PICO Holdings Inc., has sold its American Physicians Life Insur

Brazilian auto manufacturers say the Science and Technology Ministry is being premature in recommend

Dec. 8, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p