41.   Germany added to the pressure on Brussels with a call for a general ban on British exports, but it stopped short of suspending imports.

42.   He added that increased demand in North America, a significant improvement in the British communication cables market and strengthening British exports had also helped.

43.   However, exporters were troubled by the latest rise in the pound, which increases the price of British exports overseas.

44.   A rise in the value of the pound makes British exports more expensive for overseas buyers.

45.   British exports to GCC were over four billion pounds and GCC exports to Britain were around two billion pounds.

46.   British exports to the UAE are mainly cars, electronics, foodstuffs, home appliances and other manufactured products.

47.   British Prime Minister John Major Tuesday promised visiting Polish counterpart Waldemar Pawlak to significantly increase British export credit guarantees for Poland, a British spokesman said.

48.   British animal feed exports are not the only potential danger, the journal said.

49.   British exports to North America had been banned since the late eighties.

50.   British exports of the by-products will only resume when the commission is satisfied that they are being produced under strict controls, which could take months.