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Textile exports are performing better than overseas sales in general, official figures show, but Ind

Air freight forwarders are scrambling to find available lift capacity, especially on foreign routes,

* Gordon Platt - Financing Trade 3A * Canadian Provinces Differ on N. American Free Trade 5A

New approaches are being explored by Philippine debt negotiators to obtain fresh funds from foreign

The director-general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Arthur Dunkel, is preparing to c

The Uruguay Round of world trade talks can still be rescued if the opposing sides on the farm subsid

The international risk-based capital rules should be "realigned" to "more accurately reflect" intere

One of the main buzzwords in Congress this year is "infrastructure." Economists define it as

Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia may be key markets for U.S. cotton exports in the 1990s, an offic

PPG Siam Silica Co., a joint venture of PPG Industries and the Mitr Phol Group, has attained full pr

AIRBUS EXPECTS ORDERS TO FALL SHARPLY IN '91PARIS - European consortium Airbus Industrie sai

Tue., Feb. 12, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Feb. 8, 1991* Country Category Description

Feb. 12, 1991 Copper Total, 15,566. Gold Total, .1,644,044.Silver Total, .265,712,122.

Feb. 12, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Feb. 12, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Feb. 12, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.5

Insurance purchasing groups and insurers that cover their liability risks would have a freer hand to

Railroad carloadings plunged 8 percent below the comparable 1990 period in January as recession grab

PPI DEL MONTE TROPICAL FRUIT CO., Coral Gables, Fla., said its bankers reinstated in full the compan

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The German government, alarmed by the accelerating collapse of the economy of former East Germany, a

The United States bought less from and sold less to Hong Kong in December compared with a month earl

AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY (Hartford, Conn.) - Daniel P. Kearney was appointed group executive, effective

One of China's largest steel mills is hoping for Spanish government loans and ''cooperation" with Ja

Farmers this year intend to plant more acres of all of the major crops except for wheat, a governmen

U.S. exporters and industry sources expect Agriculture Department officials this morning to accept t

Drilling for oil or natural gas would be allowed in many sensitive offshore areas under a Bush admin

ROMANIAN RAIL STRIKE BLOCKS EUROPEAN TRADEBUCHAREST, Romania - Rail strikes at Romania's two

The New Zealand Wool Board followed its Australian counterpart's lead and Tuesday suspended the mini

Ambase Corp. shareholders narrowly approved the sale of its financially troubled subsidiary, Home In

The deputy U.S. trade representative said including the U.S. vessel construction requirement of dome

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Feb. 12, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1561 (Feb. 12, 1991) Previous day - 1553 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 12, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Feb. 12, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

Tuesday Feb. 12, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

HOUSING COMPLETIONS FELL 7.4 PERCENT IN DECEMBERHousing completions fell 7.4 percent in Dece

FOREIGN BANK LENDING FALLS 4.5 PERCENT IN JAPANTOKYO - Foreign bank lending in yen fell from