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COMMODITY / ENERGY BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
EU ZINC INVESTIGATION DRAWS RUSSIAN PROTESTRussian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Economi

FREIGHT RATE FUTURES

JOC Staff |
July 18, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low
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MAY EXPORTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

U.S. Census Bureau tables, adapted by Paul Schaffer. |
Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs. Value Prior 2 Mos. 1994 1993Mil. $ Mo. Back
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ALASKAN OIL PLAN HEADING FOR WTO AS EU PROTESTS EXPORTS RESERVED FOR US SHIPS

Tim Sansbury |
European Union officials today are expected to lodge their most vigorous protest to date against a U

AVIATION, RAIL OFFICIALS LOBBY FOR RELIEF FROM FUEL TAXES EXEMPTION EXPIRES OCT. 1 FOR AIRLINES

Lisa Burgess |
Airline and railroad officials trekked up Capitol Hill Tuesday to convince key legislators to grant

UNION, MANAGEMENT EMBRACE COOPERATION

Alan Abrams |
Faced with the common threat that nonunion competition makes to the way they do business, labor and
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TOUR FIRMS ORDER BOATS FROM WESTPORT SHIPYARD

Journal of Commerce Staff |
Two Alaska tour firms, Kenai Fjords Tours of Seward and Stan Stephens Tours of Valdez, have ordered
Maritime

RULES-OF-ORIGIN DEBATE MOVES TO CAPITOL HILL

Paula L. Green |
The debate on rules of origin has moved from the executive branch to Capitol Hill as a U.S. congress
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FINANCING TRADE - GORDON PLATT BARINGS' ROGUE TRADER HAS MANY BUSINESSES WORRIED ABOUT RISKS

Gordon Platt |
How can one man operating in the Singapore office bring down such a prestigious institution as Barin
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<
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TRANSPORT BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
UTAHANS WANT TO FUND ROAD WORK WITH BONDSSALT LAKE CITY - A majority of Utahans want

BANGLADESHI INVESTMENT MISSION IN US HOPES TO BURY IMAGE OF BACKWARDNESS

Paula L. Green |
Nearly a dozen Bangladeshi business people are on the second week of a two- week tour through the Un
Maritime

HIDES, SKINS AND FURS: WATERBORNE EXPORTS

Compiled by the Journal of Commerce from database of Port |
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GRAIN, SOYBEAN EXPORT DESTINATIONS

U.S. Agriculture Department; Joe Yeninas / Journal of Commerce |
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TECHNICAL WOES CAUSE FURTHER DELAY FOR CHINA'S 1ST JOINT-VENTURE REFINERY

Reuters |
The start-up of China's first joint venture export-oriented refinery will be postponed again to the

PUBLISHER'S NOTEBOOK

Don C. Becker |
Everyone in the shipping industry is wondering what the future holds after the prospective demise of

KR-CRB FUTURES INDEXES

JOC Staff |
The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 234.00 up 2.52 whi

SAVINGS "TIGER' LEASHED, CHINESE OFFICIALS SAY

P.T. Bangsberg |
Individual savings in China jumped 38.5 percent in the first quarter of the year, prompting official

POULTRY, RED MEAT LEAD SURGE IN US FOOD SALES TO RUSSIA

Milan Ruzicka |
The U.S. trade balance may be deteriorating, but exports of food to Russia are forging 33 percent ah
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TRADE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
US UNSURE OF RESPONSE TO JAPAN SOFTWARE PLANWASHINGTON - The United States is still
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JOURNAL OF COMMERCE INDUSTRIAL PRICE INDEX

Journal of Commerce |
(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 20, '94 - July 18, '95 (a graph) (2

WORLD TRADE CENTER NETWORK - TRADE LEADS

World Trade Center NETWORK |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWOR
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WORLD TRADE CENTER NETWORK - TRADE LEADS

World Trade Center NETWORK |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWOR
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TRANSPORT BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
KEN HALL INTERIM HEAD OF TEAMSTERS DIVISIONWASHINGTON - Teamsters President Ron Care

CONOCO, CHEVRON PLAN GAS TERMINAL EXPANSION

Knight-Ridder Financial |
U.S. oil companies Conoco and Chevron are to undertake a UK70 million ($1.1 billion) expansion of th

TRADE FAIRS

JOC Staff |
NORTH AMERICA 1995 Bobbin Show. Sept. 12-15. Atlanta. Contact: Sandra Perry, (800) 845-8820.
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COAL EXPORTS EXPECTED TO SURGE WORLDWIDE

John Zarocostas |
Global hard-coal exports, spurred by strong demand from Asia, are projected to reach 578 million ton

NIGERIAN MINISTER WARNS BP, SHELL OVER BRITAIN'S "UNFRIENDLY' STANCE

Reuters |
Oil Minister Dan Etete this week summoned the heads of British Petroleum and Shell and told them the

SPOT METALS PRICES

JOC Staff |
Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

P&I MOVE CALLED NECESSARY COMPROMISE MEMBERS URGED TO SUPPORT LIMITED COVER

Liz Shuker |
The protection and indemnity club responsible for forcing through measures to cap P&I liability insu

GHANA WEIGHS EASING OF COCOA BEAN EXPORTS

Knight-Ridder Financial |
The deregulation of cocoa bean exports in Ghana is under "active" consideration, and a "firm decisio

BANK OF BOSTON OK'D TO OPERATE IN MEXICO

Journal of Commerce Staff |
Mexico's finance ministry formally authorized Bank of Boston to operate as a lending institution in

SPAIN URGED TO CUT DEFICIT, INFLATION

Knight-Ridder Financial |
Spain risks new currency turbulence and higher interest rates if near-term political and social conc

BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

JOC Staff |
1960 (July 18, 1995) Previous day - 1960 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in
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AS DEADLINE NEARS, TRANS-ATLANTIC LINES REQUEST MORE TIME TO APPEAL EU RULING

Janet Porter |
Lawyers representing the 16 members of the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement are seeking more time
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MAY IMPORTS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

U.S. Census Bureau tables, adapted by Paul Schaffer. |
Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs. Value Prior 2 Mos. 1994 1993Mil. $ Mo. Back
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COST OF CREDIT

JOC Staff |
Tuesday, July 18, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

MEXICO'S ACCELERATED TELECOM BIDDING CALLED AID TO ORDERLY MARKET OPENING

Kevin G. Hall |
A decision by the Mexican communications ministry to speed up the bidding for private telephone serv

MARITIME BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
COAST GUARD RETRIEVES BATTERIES FROM RIVERCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Twenty years after du
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FORMER JAL OFFICIAL ENDS "RETIREMENT' TO HEAD DHL JAPAN

William Armbruster |
Mitsuo Ando, Japan Airlines' top executive in the Western Hemisphere for the past two years, will be
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