51.   Brazil and Colombia quickly decided to suspend exports to prevent internal prices from rising too high.

52.   But Iranian refineries were having difficulty in refining the oil and exports had been suspended last week.

53.   Costa Rica Thursday officially confirmed it was indefinitely suspending coffee exports in a concerted effort with Colombia, Honduras and El Salvador to boost prices.

54.   Iraqi crude exports were abruptly suspended by a UN embargo within days of the invasion.

55.   Saddam urged other Arab and Muslim oil producers to follow suit and suspend crude exports.

56.   The Brazilian Coffee Exporters Federation said that the decision to suspend exports was taken by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism.