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Dec. 21, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

1449 (Dec. 21, 1990) Previous day - 1445 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Dec. 24, 1990 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

Despite threats of a U.S. recession, the American steel industry is looking forward to a "reasonably

Mon., Dec. 24, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Foreign investment in China this year could set a record, an official said Monday, despite the hiatu

The cost of shipping various kinds of goods from the United States to Asia will go up between 5 perc

SOURCES SAY behind Orient Overseas Container Line's plans to pull out of two vessel-sharing agreeme

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

The U.S. Trade Representative's Office Monday said it has launched an investigation of Thailand's co

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Japan's Economic Planning Agency said it foresees real growth in the country's gross national produc

Thousands of Westerners are pondering their future in this oil company township 200 miles south of

City officials will allow a plan by Nedlloyd Lines BV to use the Port of San Francisco as a transshi

While the 1990 Farm Act offers farmers new incentives to plant lesser-known seeds that are cousins o

Led by a fall in the value of the dollar, overseas demand for U.S. cucurbits is growing steadily.

Because the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to use nearly all of its appropriation for fiscal 1

Singapore's Economic Development Board has forecast a 15 percent growth rate for the republic's petr

The government of Pakistan appears to be accelerating its nuclear power program to meet the problem

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 21, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Escalating costs and lower government subsidies are crimping farmers' incomes, leaving many rural fa

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 21, 1990*Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of Dec. 24, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Dec. 24, 1990 Copper Total, 16,753. Gold Total, .1,526,460.Silver Total, .264,566,232.

PEMEX PLANS TO BOOK TANKERS NEXT QUARTERPetroleos Mexicanos, the Mexican state oil company,

The turmoil in the Soviet Union could affect platinum exports, though at this time there is no way t

The first Anglo-Vietnam shipping joint venture, Far East Shipping & Trading, will become operational

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Dec. 24, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

French oil group Total CFP plans to increase its exploration investments by 30 percent a year over t

Seven neighboring South America countries plan to increase their international trade volume by upgra

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AFRICAN OIL PRODUCERS TO MEET IN NIGERIALAGOS, Nigeria - The eighth ordinary meeting of the

Less than a month before world trade talks are scheduled to resume in Geneva, the American Associati

This country's struggle to grow has thrown up a number of officially backed ''independent" entities

Three Weeks Ended Dec. 15, 1990, vs. Similar 1989 Period Cars CarsLoaded LoadedCha

LETTER OF INTENT FOR GLOBEX ANNOUNCEDThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of T

The U.S. dollar pushed sharply higher Monday on further tension over the Persian Gulf crisis and con

A New Jersey port agency is up in arms over a pending stevedore agreement at the Port of Philadelphi

Slowing volume growth in Japan's gold markets has prompted Okato Shoji Co. to resort to turtles in a