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The air freight industry responded cautiously Wednesday to American Airlines' announcement that it w

Argentina has sold a state-owned grain elevator and related facilities at the Parana River's Diamant

Sept. 30, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Brazil and Colombia Wednesday circulated among International Coffee Organization delegates a joint-d

INDIA WAITS FOR PRICES OF WHITE SUGAR TO RISENEW DELHI, India - India is in no hurry to sell

Despite the understanding that beef packers greatly need to stem losses, analysts are divided on the

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 30, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots &

Mexico's secretary of communications and transportation surprised participants at a North American T

Europe's railways are failing to take freight off the roads, despite concerted efforts by politician

Trucker support for the proposed North American free-trade agreement depends on changing provisions

South Africa's Harmony gold mine in the Free State was granted temporary approval by Mineral and Ene

The European Commission Wednesday proposed a minimum level of highway tolls for trucks in an effort

ICI Chemicals and Polymers has won a 1992 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the Environmenta

American Airlines flew 119.9 million cargo ton miles in August, up 24.4 percent from 96.4 million in

SHOWA DENKO TO AID INDONESIA PLANT PROJECTJapan's Showa Denko will participate in a joint pr

Today's scheduled start of the state of Massachusetts lawsuit against Consolidated Rail Corp. regard

PORK COUNCIL CLEARED; CME FINES TRADERThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange cleared the National P

American equipment companies are increasingly investigating the idea of cooperative ventures to meet

AIR CARRIER EXECUTIVES TO MEET ON BA BIDWASHINGTON - Chief executives of four leadin

A new world cotton futures contract, to begin trading today at the New York Cotton Exchange, is expe

The nation's largest truck lines reported substantial increases in revenue, earnings and traffic vol

The European Community Commission Wednesday reached a compromise with Imperial Chemical Industries P

The Environmental Protection Agency has dumped proposed regulations that would have shifted millions

U.S. farmers will have to idle twice as much corn land in 1993 as this year, the Agriculture Departm

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

A shortfall in South African sugar exports next crop year is sending traditional buyers into the arm

As of Sept. 30, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

While retrenchment is likely to cool China's racing economy next year, 10 percent growth for this de

China is fond of reminding people it has been around for 5,000 years. But only slowly isevidence eme

China is slowly maturing from export sweatshop to world trading force. It is starting to joi

China's new burst of reform and accelerated growth creates opportunities and problems for the chemic

A new wave of economic reforms and completion of large infrastructure projects give Guangdong provin

Pudong, the pot of gold at the end of Shanghai's rainbow, remains just that - the lure of promise.

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Much of the U.S. leisure boat industry's sales outlook hinges on election- year politics. Pe

1041 (Sept. 30, 1992) Previous day - 1042 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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