1.   Analysts said the agreement is the final step before exports can begin.

2.   As the yen dropped, Asian exports began losing out to cheaper Japanese products.

3.   At the same time, consumption by U.S. textile mills improved, and exports began to pick up after disappointing traders earlier this year.

4.   Crude exports began again this morning at the Dos Bocas and Pajaritos ports, both closed since Saturday.

5.   Exports began growing in April for the first time in a year.

6.   Exports have begun to rally.

7.   Hamdoon told reporters that the exports could begin in December.

8.   It could be several weeks before the whole process is approved and oil exports begin flowing again, oil analysts said.

9.   The long-awaited palladium exports began arriving in Tokyo by plane today, traders said.

10.   Then last year exports began to fall, bad debts piled up and lenders began to cut off credit.