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Food and Drug Administration officials in Philadelphia say importers have to learn to cooperate with

Australia's annual inflation rate in the third quarter rose to a two-year high of 8 percent, spurred

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

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but quality looks about the same to everyone. While beauty

PERHAPS GUILTY OF SOME EXAGGERATION, one leading shipping executive said earlier this week that "New

Oct. 26, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Richard Trumka, president of the United Mine Workers, said he is ready to begin bargaining talks pro

Despite tight worldwide cotton supplies and promising U.S. exports, industry observers say they expe

Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries PLC said its after-tax income fell to $297 million or 42.8 ce

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday despite a dip when the Dow industrials plunged, but traders said the m

Two proposals before Congress that would place the Federal Reserve Board under greater congressional

Thu., Oct. 26, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

BUSH OKS $3.5 BILLION IN EARTHQUAKE AIDPresident Bush Thursday signed a $3.45 billion earthq

CHENEY URGES CAUTION IN EXPORTS TO E. BLOCMILDENHALL, England - Defense Secretary Dick Chene

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Greg Johnson - Managing Traffic 2B

Ships for Victory Reunion (for wartime merchant seamen). Oct. 27-28. Kings Point, Long Island, N.Y.

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

NORTH SEA ACCIDENTS HIT UK OIL EARNINGSBritain will lose more than 3.2 billion ($5.1 billio

MOBIL CORP. PLANS MORE LAYOFFS IN USMobil Corp., which has reduced its U.S. work force by ne

President Bush is moving to make it easier for the government to take dangerous pesticides off the m

U.S. coffee negotiators are viewing discussions here Monday with their Colombian counterparts as the

Cocoa and coffee futures on the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange slid Thursday in active selling lin

Taiwan hopes that continued growth in U.S. exports to this prosperous island nation of 20 million wi

A question mark hangs over the political future of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following the se

The government-owned export insurance agency turned in a record surplus for the fiscal year of HK$33

Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to simplify inspection of imported processed foods.

AMERICA WEST EARNINGS INCREASE NEARLY 30 PERCENTPHOENIX, Ariz. - America West Corp.'s earnin

Foreign Minister Taro Nakayama has expressed his support for item-by-item bilateral trade talks invo

HOW TO USE: The following government bid opportunities are among the hundreds of such opport

Gummies may be yummy for the tummy, but Dae Julie Inc. wants to put a little more variety in its die

The earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area left transportation executives and public offi

Changes in customs procedures at Thailand's main containerport may lead to a resurgence of congestio

Defying a new law banning such walkouts, coal miners in the Soviet far northwent on strike W

The U.S. Labor Department sued the trustees and insurer of a Chicago area pension plan for buying, a

Opponents in the Proposition 103 dispute have crossed swords again. This time, they are disa

The aim was admirable: Scratch extraneous words from a tongue-twisting trade code. But by de

Burlington Northern Railroad, hoping for potential savings of millions ofdollars on its annu

NEW SENATOR VESSEL TO CALL AT OAKLANDOAKLAND, Calif. - The first of four newly built contain

IT'S USUALLY A NEAT TRICK to get truckers, shippers and railroads together. But Timothy H. L

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS HUGE EARNINGS DROPMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Inc. ea