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Domestic U.S. beef demand is slumping, and it doesn't look like U.S. cattle producers are going to b

Japan is "doing its best" to stop Taiwanese exporters from illegally dumping pork below the minimum

OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES continued strong last week, moving back up to new highs after absorbing

Another major trans-Pacific shipping line calling at the Port of Tacoma will have access to moderate

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. said its new ethylene glycol terminal at Livorno, Italy, will allow sma

WILLIS CORROON CORP. (New York) - Peter A. Fontaine was promoted from director of treasury operation

Singapore International Monetary Exchange May 17, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

May 17, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

May 17, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.00

A month after Egypt announced it would raise the capacity of the Sumed petroleum pipeline by 50 perc

BP America Inc.'s 230,000-barrel-a-day refinery in Belle Chasse, La., was to be restarted Friday and

The sun-scorched desert landscapes and treacherous offshore waters of Namibia, on Southern Africa's

Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole on Friday predicted President Bush will approve additional agricu

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

A moribund economy not withstanding, foreign investors are continuing to funnel money into Florida r

A new U.S. Agriculture Department proposal that could make cotton farmers responsible for repaying l

AFRICAN RUBBER OUTPUT LIKELY TO RISE SHARPLYKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Rubber production in Af

An Iraqi arms dealer who bankrolled a Boca Raton manufacturer is among many who twisted a U.S. gover

Like many states stuck in a recession, the Florida economy is not having one of its best years.<

As Florida settles into the '90s, international trade is gaining more attention as a crucial part of

A House subcommittee voted Thursday to bar federal regulators from providing insurance coverage for

May 17, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

May 17, 1991 Copper Total, 24,228. Gold Total, .1,436,437.Silver Total, .263,502,939.

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) May 17, 1991Bid AskedCopper-G

The last year has seen major maneuvering in almost every region in the world over various proposed,

Computerized systems that work with images of paper documents are proliferating among large customs

The monthly U.S. trade deficit with China widened by 17 percent in March, adding yet more ammunition

The world's busiest containerport is getting a new executive director on June 1. The Port of

Can GATT get back on track? Yes, if Congress approves fast-track negotiating authority for t

Eastern German unemployment is currently at 40 percent, not 10 percent as claimed in official data,

Air Canada reported a C$100 million (US$87 million) loss for the first quarter of 1991, the worst qu

REGIONAL BLOCS The Future Is Now: Trade and Investment Opportunities with the Pacific Rim. M

Steve W. Sounders has been appointed vice president of manufacturing and technology for fiber and fi

The recent unilateral raising of prices of ship bunker fuel by the Latvian Republic is stirring fear

CHINA'S CPI SHOWS RETURN OF INFLATIONApril inflation statistics show that inflation is makin

Two ship operators, members of the Interamerican Freight Conference who had resigned from its pool

U.K. manufacturing unit labor costs rose 11 percent in the first quarter from the year-earlier perio

The chairman of the U.S. Export-Import Bank Thursday exhorted American bankers to step up their expo

The resignation Thursday of German Bundesbank President Karl Otto Poehl will have only a limited imp

Oleg Klimov, the chairman of the Soviet central grain buying agency Exportkhleb, on Thursday describ