11.   Private exporters said they noted no serious delays in shipments.

12.   Some Japanese exporters said they also sold dollars to bring home profits they earn abroad.

13.   Taiwan exporters say overseas buyers have asked them to set up plants offshore to avoid disruption of shipments if hostilities between Taipei and Bejing resurface.

14.   The rain in Brazil caused irregular flowering and some trees failed to produce beans, the exporters said.

15.   U.S. exporters say a weaker yen gives a trade advantage to their Japanese counterparts by making Japanese products cheaper in the U.S.

16.   With the euro barely in place, exporters say that they already see far more advantages than disadvantages to a single-currency continent.

17.   But most exporters said they were unaffected.

18.   Coal exporter Australia says it wants no part of a binding agreement.

19.   Farmers and beef exporters said they hoped the latest outbreak will finally force the government to better regulate its meat products.

20.   Foreign exporters say the practice denies them equal access to the South Korean market.