21.   Gulf exporters say they will lose billions of dollars in annual oil revenues if the tax is implemented.

22.   In Bangkok, Thai rice and sugar exporters said that they had stopped taking Indonesian LCs following the escalating unrest in Jakarta.

23.   The banana exporter said its principal operating subsidiary, Chiquita Brands Inc., obtained the three-year credit line from Foothill Capital Corp. and Ableco Finance LLC.

24.   The strands are then dipped into traditional dyes made from bark and grasses as well as flashy commercial dyes that exporters say the international market wants.

25.   U.S. exporters said they could not confirm any sales.

26.   U.S. poultry exporters Friday said rival South African producers are wrongly passing the cluck, er, buck, for high consumer prices in South Africa.

27.   With the yen at a level where Japanese exporters say they cannot profit, investors dumped stocks across the board.

28.   And on Wednesday, non-OPEC oil exporter Norway said it could reverse previous output cuts if oil prices remained high.

29.   Kenyan exporters say their earnings are dwindling and have appealed to the central bank to intervene and stabilise the value of the shilling.

30.   Sales of Indian jasmine are booming in the Middle East, turning the fragrant tropical flower into a valuable foreign-exchange earner, exporters here say.