41.   To reduce the stockpile they shipped more cars abroad, but made less profits there as well, the officials said.

42.   With the United States leading by example, weapons stockpiles would be reduced and nonnuclear countries discouraged from joining the ranks of the mutually assured destroyers.

43.   France, which has said it would reduce the use of the mines to an absolute minimum, also began reducing its stockpile in September.

44.   He called on companies to cease production of unmarketable goods and introduce sales-promotion measures in order to reduce stockpiles.

45.   But Moscow has yet to ratify the START II agreement to reduce the stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

46.   Deutch urged Congress to increase funding to improve nuclear safeguards and reduce the stockpile of weapons-grade uranium or plutonium in Russia.

47.   Moscow is reported to be ready to propose that the treaty be amended and there have been suggestions that the timetable for reducing the stockpile be lengthened.

48.   Russia and the United States have signed two bilateral agreements aimed at curbing the production of chemical weapons and reducing existing stockpiles.

49.   The Chinese government has announced further cuts in domestic steel output in a bid to reduce mounting stockpiles and stabilise volatile market prices, a report said Friday.