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India's principal ports handled 227 million metric tons of cargo in fiscal 1997, which ended March 3

In an effort to win new business, the Port of Galveston reduced its tariff rate on breakbulk cotton

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South Korea has decided not to impose safeguard tariff measures against imports of bicycles and bicy

GREENPEACE TO FIGHT ONDESPITE OIL-LICENSE SNUBLONDON - Environmental group Greenpeace said i

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Cargill has reached an agreement with the North Korean government for a commercial sale of U.S. whea

Volga Linen Co. recently hit the pages of London's fashionable design magazines when it reintroduced

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 240.46 up 0.11 whi

OFFERS TO BUY* PHARMACEUTICALS. Cefobid (Cefoperazone) injection 1 gram, made in Italy. Tria

Chrysler Corp. seems set to quit a $192 million car assembly plant in Vietnam, switching its focus t

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The U.S. Feed Grains Council, which promotes U.S. feed grains around the world, has commissioned a d

WORLD BANKThe bank's project cycle involves five stages: Identification, Preparation, Apprai

GAZPROM REPORT HEADSFOR RUSSIAN LEGISLATUREMOSCOW - The State Duma, the lower house of the R

INDIAN FARMERS VOWTO BLOCK WHEAT IMPORTSNEW DELHI - Indian wheat farmers have vowed to block

CZECH SKODA WINSSAN FRANCISCO BUS ORDERPRAGUE - Czech engineering group Skoda AS said Tuesda

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In a decision legal experts and investment bankers are watching around the world, a Russian court sa

A host of international mining companies is ready to go to work in Zaire, said George Coakley, direc

The European Union and Russia have struck a new steel agreement paving the way for free trade in les

ECONOCARIBE CONSOLIDATORSThis non-vessel-operating common carrier promoted Susan Gianninoto

The U.S. Department of Commerce and Florida's quasi-private commerce arm Enterprise Florida have sig

CHINA TO ENDORSESOCIAL RIGHTS PACTBEIJING - China said it would sign one United Nations decl

TWO MARITIME LAW FIRMSTO MERGE IN NEW YORKNEW YORK - Two New York maritime law firms have ag

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who heads the Commerce Committee, is expected to hold hearings in May on

President Clinton said Tuesday he was ''very concerned that we have not passed'' legislation to allo

After a binge of building ports to support its explosive growth in trade, China now feels it's time

The United States and Canada this week committed to ''virtually eliminate'' the most toxic chemicals

Plans in Mexico to auction off new frequencies on the radio band will let telephone carriers offer w

The Clinton administration is turning up the heat on Japan, which has decided it no longer wants to

For the first time in recent memory, the U.S. Customs Service is prosecuting a case involving third-

Two workers compensation bills limiting benefits for mental or emotional stress and making it more d

IDAHO GOVERNMENTS CANSELF-INSURE FOR COMPBOISE, Idaho - In a unanimous opinion, the Idaho Su