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Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

China's trade in electronic goods and components increased sharply last year, newly released figures

Defense contractors in Southern California are unable to move into the more rough-and-tumble commerc

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 227.09 off 0.13 which compare

Despite intense U.S. pressure, Canada is expected to refuse today to replace either of two panelists

JAPAN CONSIDERS CURBS ON TEXTILE IMPORTSTOKYO - Japan may restrict imports of textil

Yemen is stepping up security to protect foreign oil companies operating there as the country presse

ASHLAND GETS APPROVAL TO SELL ARIZONA UNITASHLAND, Ky. - The U.S. Department of Just

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Feb. 17, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Losses were still being tallied from the containership-crane accident that injured two workers and d

Increases in commercial ship repair work and maintenance contracts for government ships allowed Todd

(In millions of dollars) December 1993 November 1993 December 1993Exports* Imp

U.S. business leaders heaved sighs of relief Thursday after Washington said Indonesia will retain no

Industry deregulation, better labor-management relations and the high Japanese yen should spur South

Disputes over equipment, marketing and infrastructure are expected to spark the winter meeting of th

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

STRONG '93 MARKET BOOSTS NAVISTAR RESULTSStrong demand for trucks and engines drove Navistar

COLOMBIA'S GAVIRIA SEEKS TO LEAD OASBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian President Cesar Gav

Russia will need a total of 113.9 million metric tons (125.29 million short tons) of grain in 1994,

A World Bank unit has approved financing of $62.24 million to build and operate a 530-bed general se

The U.S. Postal Service is converting its trucks in Martinsburg, W.Va., and 14 other cities from gas

The international shipping community uses arbitration as a common method for resolving maritime cont

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 17, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Oceanbound shipments from Russia are expected to rise by 47 million metric tons to 210 million metri

The problems of late payments to companies worsened in 1993, according to 65 percent of companies su

Japan on Thursday signaled that it may be willing to budge first in the standoff over market access

380 CST bunker fuel, purchased at Rotterdam, Netherlands. In dollars per metric ton (1 metri

As of Feb. 17, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

There is a growing fear among senior budget and trade officials that a new world trade agreement cou

A Pennsylvania utility may sell its Conowingo Power Co. (Copco) operation in Cecil County, which doe

French industrial prices continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 1993, although at a slower pa

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The Slovak government has agreed to give Czech producers a break from tradebarriers erected

Despite several days of balmy temperatures, long sheets of ice left from the January deep freeze con

CONTINENTAL POSTS RISE IN OPERATING INCOMENEW YORK - The Continental Corp. reported

Because train accidents often involve trucks and even barges, the Department of Transportation is tr

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., whose failure was one of the largest in U.S. history, is putting

The Department of Transportation said Thursday it has lifted a ban against U.S. vessels and aircraft