31.   To be sure, soybean exports continue to be strong.

32.   Top exports continue to be sugar, bauxite, aluminum, and rum.

33.   Traders had cautioned, though, that the gains could easily be lost because poor relations between Iraq and the U.N. is nothing new and oil exports continue.

34.   Traders speculated that wheat exports will continue to decline because other producers are undercutting U.S. prices.

35.   While exports continue rising, the pace is slowing as the collapse in many Asian currencies hurts spending in Thailand, South Korea and elsewhere.

36.   While the tax increase has slowed consumer spending, the prime engine of the economy, industrial output and exports have continued to rise, the central bank said.

37.   Although Iraqi exports continued Friday, an Iraqi official said Baghdad was having difficulty placing its oil.

38.   But Iraqi exports continue to be erratic.

39.   Can Thai exports continue to compete on world markets where poorer countries now hold the advantage in low-cost production?

40.   But, the laws of supply and demand beg the question - how long can this downward price pressure be withstood if exports continue on the present downtrend?