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JOURNAL OF COMMERCE - FAST FACTS US-ARGENTINA CONTAINERIZED, COMMERCIAL TRADE

""Trade Horizons," Port Import / Export Reporting Service, New |
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FOREST SECTOR: TWRA WILL YIELD ON RATES

WILLIAM DiBENEDETTO |
Northwest forest-products companies believe a carrier rate-setting group will hold or reduce its rat

NEWSPRINT: US WATERBORNE EXPORTS

Compiled by the Journal of Commerce from database of Port |
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Maritime

COST OF CREDIT

JOC Staff |
Friday, Dec. 22, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

EU COMMISSION EXPECTED TO OK MERGER OF KIMBERLY-CLARK, SCOTT

Reuters |
The European Commission is likely to approve the merger of U.S. consumer products giants Kimberly-Cl

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE INDUSTRIAL PRICE INDEX

Journal of Commerce |
(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '94 - Dec. 22, '95 (a graph) (2

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

JOC Staff |
The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

RATE CUT MADE CHRISTMAS MERRY, BUDGET PUTS DAMPER ON NEW YEAR

Howard Simon |
While the Federal Reserve's cut in short-term interest rates last week was an early Christmas presen

RUSSIA'S LUKOIL BACKS OUT OF IRANIAN OIL PROJECT BID

Michael S. Lelyveld |
Tougher U.S. sanctions against Iran may have claimed their first victim last week as Russian oil gia

JAPANESE OUTLINE PLAN TO SOLVE BAD LOAN MESS

Fumiko Fujisaki |
A key advisory panel to Japan's Finance Ministry on Friday unveiled its final proposals for a framew

WHITE HOUSE REPORTEDLY DROPS EFFORT TO BLOCK EX-IM AID FOR CHINESE DAM

John Maggs |
U.S. exporters are newly hopeful that they will get Washington's help in supplying construction equi
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WEEKLY RAIL FREIGHT REPORT

JOC Staff |
For the week ended Dec. 16, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

US FIRMS AMONG WINNERS OF INDIAN CELLULAR LICENSES

N. Vasuki Rao |
Skirting the controversy on basic telephone services, the Department of Telecommunications has award
Maritime

UN AGENCY: LATIN GROWTH TO ACCELERATE NEXT YEAR

Journal of Commerce Staff |
Latin American economic growth is expected to pick up next year, thanks partly to a record rate of l
Maritime

MULTINATIONALS TAKE IT ON CHIN IN MEXICO ALL LOOK FORWARD TO REBOUND IN '96

Kevin G. Hall |
Heads of major international corporations doing business in Mexico confirm that 1995 was a brutal on
Maritime

QUOTE TO NOTE HIGH STAKES:

_ Oscar Tamez |
"I have to eat."
Maritime

US, RUSSIA SET "TRIGGER' ON WOOL COAT EXPORTS

Paula L. Green |
The United States has reached an agreement with Moscow that could limit U.S. imports of Russian wool
Maritime

DROP MORPHIN, OR DROP SHOW, MALAYSIA SAYS

Reuters |
A popular children's television program axed in Malaysia in a controversy over its title would be al
Maritime

TRADE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
TAIPEI BANKERS ACCEPT CURRENCY TRADING RULESBankers gave a qualified welcome Friday to relax
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APEC COST OSAKA CASH, BUT BOOSTED ITS IMAGE

Journal of Commerce Staff |
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Osaka didn't yield much direct economic impact, but
Maritime

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<
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AGRICULTURAL TRADE LEADS

Supplied by the US Department of Agriculture |
Trade leads are supplied by: U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service<
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<
Maritime

BRUSSELS EYES LOOPHOLE ON FUR TO BENEFIT NATIVE PEOPLES

Reuters |
The European Commission has proposed excluding 40 percent of North American furs from an eventual EU
Maritime

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<
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HONG KONG SEES GROWING BUSINESS IN THREE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

P.T. Bangsberg |
Whatever the hangover from Mexico's economic roller coaster, other parts of Latin America appear rip
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TRADE MISSIONS

JOC Staff |
The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes
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TAIPEI VIEWS PRIVATE INVESTMENT AS NEW ENGINE OF ITS ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN THE WORKS

P.T. Bangsberg |
Taiwan expects private investment to provide the main impetus for economic growth next year, replaci
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INSIDE TALK - RIP WATSON RAIL PERFORMANCE DATA HARD TO TRACK, BUT HERE ARE SOME 1995 FACTS

Rip Watson |
If you believe good things are worth waiting for, you're going to enjoy this column about railroad s

INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR

JOC Staff |
REGIONAL BLOCS Surfing the Global Net From Caribbean Shores. Feb. 26-27. Barbados. C
Maritime

TRADE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
JAPAN'S FTC COLLECTS RECORD PUNITIVE DAMAGESJapanese companies ordered to pay punitive damag
Maritime

US EXPORTS TO INDONESIA: WHAT'S UP AND WHAT'S DOWN

Global Trade Information, Columbia, S.C.; The Journal of |
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SP SCHEDULES STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING TO DECIDE ON UP MERGER PROPOSAL

Rip Watson |
Southern Pacific Rail Corp. has set a special shareholders' meeting for Jan. 17 in San Francisco to

TRANSPORT BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
CHINA AIRLINES BUYS SIX BOEING 737-800STAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's China Airlines said

SPOT METALS PRICES

JOC Staff |
Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

LONDON OIL FUTURES

JOC Staff |
International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 22, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

SPOT COMMODITIES

JOC Staff |
Dec. 22, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

TRANSPORT BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
S&P LOWERS RATING FOR ARKANSAS BESTNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's revised the ratings

PACT BRINGS PEACE TO INTERMODAL SHOW AFTER MANY TALKS JOINT SPONSORSHIP SLATED FOR 1997

Rip Watson |
Behind-the-scenes negotiations have produced a five-year agreement between the Georgia Freight Burea
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