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The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Brazil's citrus processors cheered Washington's decision this week that lowers dumping margins charg

Venezuela may supply oil to Ecuador's foreign clients while Ecuador repairs its earthquake-damaged

Prices for North Sea crude oil surged above $18 a barrel Wednesday, propelled by tumbling production

Celanese Announces Glycol Price IncreaseCelanese Chemical Co. announced an increase in the s

The St. Lawrence Seaway is likely to capture cargoes from U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports in 1987 bec

A wave of dysentery struck some 500 sailors at a merchant marine academy near this southern Italian

American Express and Visa International are stepping up their head-on competition for supremacy in t

Ecuador canceled payments for the rest of the year on its $8.2 billion foreign debt following strong

For the first time this decade, strikes and lockouts are on the increase in the United States as bot

Although the Reagan administration has shown much interest in offering export bonus to the Soviet Un

American President Lines will expand its Pacific fleet by chartering four newly built Lykes Brothers

Midwest America met Southeast Asia last week, as Chicago officials shopped for investment and joint

FERC Approves Plan To Convert MidlandThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Consu

Japanese Automakers To Maintain EC SalesJapanese automakers agreed to hold monthly exports t

Just back from a trade mission to Japan, Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt wasted little time this week i

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry has called for drastic measures to stimulate the ec

Unless the United States eases away from farm subsidies that are producing massive surpluses, a disa

The U.S. reinsurance market grew 46 percent last year to represent a $12.8 billion industry, a repre

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

EC Threatens US With Textile CurbsBRUSSELS, Belgium - Willy de Clercq, member of the Europea

The story behind this week's Foshan Export Commodity Trade Fair in Manhattan may be a sign of change

The U.S. Customs Service is urging customs house brokers to prepare now for the new classification s

On the U.S. deficit It's the United States, with its monstrous public deficit and trade imba

The U.S. District Court here endorsed the way in which the Maritime Administra tion approved the tem

Transamerica ICS Inc. has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Corp. to recover about 26,000 containe

Triton Energy Corp. said its Canadian unit completed an oil well in Saskatchewan. The well i

At least 5,000 coal miners near this northern Asturian town stayed off the job in a one-day strike

Ferry operators began implementing safety procedures the government ordered after a British car ferr

The form of taxation to be levied on shipping in the new Hong Kong register, when it comes into bein

The 29th shipping season on the St. Lawrence River will start at the end of March. James L.

The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration said its 1981 decision to fire 163 air traf

One of the major export companies in the Philippines, Nonoc Mining & Industrial Corp., is seeking pr

The Netherlands imported 17,410.2 tonnes of cocoa beans in December 1986 and a total of 198,350.9 me

Irving Trust Co. was appointed an investment manager of Wisconsin Electric Power Co.'s trust for dec

Eastman Kodak Co. acquired a $15 million, 18.7 percent share of Enzon Inc., a South Plainfield, N.J

West German automaker Volkswagen said it may have lost up to 480 million deutsche marks, or US$266 m

China will re-emerge as a major importer of grain this year after it became a net exporter in 1985 f

Champlin Has Interest In Alberta Oil FindCALGARY, Alberta - Champlin Canada Ltd. announced i

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's oft-repeated goal is to prepare India and its economy for the 21st cen