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Agriculture reforms proposed by Ray MacSharry, the European Community's agriculture commissioner, ha

The Bush administration has no immediate plans to revive an unfair trade complaint against Japan for

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

As much as ocean carriers eagerly anticipate the latest cost-saving technologies, some advances in r

Despite the glut of oil available in the marketplace, energy traders have jumped at the chance to pu

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FALLS SLIGHTLY IN JAPANJapan's industrial production in December fell

The Export-Import Bank will guarantee a $384,375 bank loan by First Interstate Bank, Los Angeles, to

A meeting here last weekend between members of the Far East Freight Conference and representatives o

The story of Brazil's arms industry is the story of a handful of Third World entrepreneurs like 55-y

Consolidated Rail Corp. and the New York State Department of Transportation said they signed an agre

A new gas injection system aimed at enhancing oil recovery from Norway's offshore Oseberg oil field

Oil from government stocks made available under the International Energy Agency's emergency supply p

Lyondell Petrochemical Co. Monday reported net income for the full year 1990 of $356 million, or $4.

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 28, 1991*Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Aluminum ingots- $1,470-$1,480 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

As of Jan. 28, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

The use of large tankers as floating storage tanks has done more to slow Saudi Arabia's oil exports

NEW POLISH PREMIER WANTS 80 PERCENT DEBT CUTWARSAW, Poland - Poland's new prime minister, Ja

Importers will have to pay more in premiums for surety bonds because Customs is raising the minimum

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Avibras Aerospacial SA was one of Brazil's stardust success stories, a plucky little arms manufactur

Meetings between U.S. and EC ministers Monday revealed "a new EC attitude" toward global farm reform

CHINA UNVEILS 10-YEAR GRAIN PRODUCTION GOALSChina's annual grain output will reach 500 milli

Call this tale "The Old Men and the Sea." Four sailors, all veterans of World War II and two of them

War in the Persian Gulf is having little effect on crude oil pumping and exports from the region, th

Prices seem to have stabilized at a temporary floor of about $21 a barrel for West Texas Intermediat

Platinum prices will soon trade at a discount to gold for the first time in five years, some analyst

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Jan. 26, 1991* Country Category Description

1467 (Jan. 28, 1991) Previous day - 1466 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Three Weeks Ended Jan. 19, 1991, vs. Similar 1989-90 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedChange

Hong Kong-based Swire Pacific, owner of a Reebok manufacturing plant and a Coca-Cola bottling facili

Oil spill response organizations in both the United States and Britain Monday said they were readyin

The United States and the Soviet Union announced Monday that a Moscow summit planned for Feb. 11 to

The U.S. dollar was broadly lower Monday afternoon in quiet trading. Dealers said the market

Commerce Minister Subramaniam Swamy, citing a list of complaints, plans a visit to the United States

TWO RAIL UNIONS APPROVE MERGERCLEVELAND - The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Am

A strong surge in U.K. wheat exports and firmer prices are encouraging a belief that 1990-91 (July-J

P&G VENTURE TO BOOST CAPACITY IN MALAYSIAFPG Oleochemicals Sdn. Bhd., a Procter & Gamble Co.

A senior Ghana Cocobod official has been arrested for receiving bribes from foreign firms in return

Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has ousted the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan govern