81.   However, the organisation predicted that prices would only rise slightly because of excess supply.

82.   And among soft commodities, sugar prices rebounded but soya prices slipped to levels not seen for more than two years as excess supply weighed on the market.

83.   They are sticking to their production limits although the market currently absorbs the excess supplies and Iraq is unlikely to resume supplies soon.

84.   Venezuela has been blamed for nearly half the excess supplies but it has denied such charges.

85.   Rents in central Bangkok remained steady but those in the suburbs began falling due to excess supply.

86.   The cotton market remained frail this week, as excess supply continued to bear down on prices.

87.   The decline was mainly because of slowing world demand, the export of more Iraqi crude and excess supplies.

88.   The excess supply was only temporary and was expected to ease in two to three years as the country progressed, Chan said.