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Importers today are demanding a more extensive menu of services from their customs brokers.W

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Ship lines belonging to the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement should be fined for antitrust violat

* Noon Tuesday - The U.S. dollar fell on profit-taking after climbing to eight-year highs regularly

The European Union is bracing for a fresh outbreak of trade tension with Tokyo, as the plummeting ye

Japan's central bank, in a grim monthly report, said Japan's ability to export its way out of econom

As of June 16, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug 1, 1997 - June 16, 1998 (a graph)* A

The executive director of the International Cocoa Organization and the managing director of the U.N.

A trend toward globalized manufacturing is creating a boom in air freight, brightening the outlook f

The French government has announced that France's No. 1 mutual insurer, Groupama, and Switzerland's

As Saudi Arabia's information-technology industry booms, U.S. computer hardware and software supplie

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A federal appeals court has ruled that Washington Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn had the right

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has formally launched Serff, its nationwide Syst

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

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

RUSSIAIndustry: Medical equipmentDisposable surgical instruments from polymeric mate

The United Nations is preparing a uniform law to address problems on at national level that involve

OFFERS TO BUYProduct catalogsRef: 10004652 ChileUnique cultural gift items

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

People are increasingly using retired shipping containers as affordable housing on the Western Pacif

Following in the footsteps of its Bremen counterpart, Hamburg's biggest port operating firm - the Ha

Los Angeles pilots have initiated legal action against the port, raising the specter of labor tensio

Taiwan's second-largest shipping group is adding ships, probably from a hungry South Korean yard and

The TradeCard, an electronic alternative to the paper-based letter of credit process, is up and runn

If everyone really is talking about e-commerce, many in Southeast Asia are doing more than just ta

REGIONAL BLOCSSecond Annual Taxation in Latin America. June 17-19. Miami. Contact: Natalie B

Americans using new mobile satellite phones would be protected from having them confiscated or payin

Frequent readers will recall that this column occasionally spreads the word about export instruments

DAIWA SECURITIES AMERICAMarla Marron, a former senior analyst at ING Barings, joined the fir

Determined to stop U.S. consumers from buying goods made overseas under abusive child labor conditio

OVERVIEWIndian demand for plastics packaging material increased from $1.1 billion in 1996 to

Sometimes it's helpful to put aside the big technology concerns in your business for just a moment a

NORTH AMERICAWorld Sports Expo. July 18-20. Chicago. Contact: Charles Suritz, (847) 439-4000

OFFERS TO SELL* TURKEY MEAT. Tom turkey necks, $0.21, 1 load, North Carolina, 5 25-30-lb. Po

Anyone following the harbor maintenance tax litigation, even on a cursory level, is aware that the t

Last April, 58 multinationals - among them the ''Who's Who'' of the high-tech, telecom, aerospace an

WESTERN EUROPEALPINE REGIONA study prepared for the EU Commission shows that railway