61.   Some manufacturers added workers even with slower domestic sales because many exporters were able to ship overseas, where demand remained strong.

62.   That imbalance means Japanese exporters are flush with dollar they must sell for yen when repatriating revenue.

63.   The broad statistical relationship between resource abundance and tepid growth holds, even when the Middle East oil exporters are excluded from the sample.

64.   The main exporters are Russia and Iran and the biggest single importing bloc is the European Union.

65.   The most dynamic exporters are still the maquiladoras, the partially tax-exempt assembly plants that have continued to grow despite the erosion of some of their tax privileges.

66.   Though Asian exporters are desperate to offset plunging sales at home, many will undercut each other in third markets, hurting profits.

67.   Those seen as particularly exposed, such as Air New Zealand Ltd., Tourism Holdings Ltd. and log exporters were among decliners.

68.   To protect profit margins, exporters are cutting production, trimming work forces and reducing spending on capital goods.

69.   Under the revisions, the exporters will be able to hold onto the dollars they need to buy imports.

70.   With signs of a weak domestic economy, exporters may be the only companies to post strong earnings this year, analysts said.