1.   A slight drop in export shipments of corn in the past two weeks also might have weighed on prices, grain sources said.

2.   A walk-out would come at a time when Russian export shipments are already delayed by a lack of export licenses.

3.   Cotton prices gained after a government report showed soaring export shipments, even though China cancelled a large purchase.

4.   Components of the index that fell last month were growth in the money supply, wholesale prices, export shipments and orders for manufactured goods, the council said.

5.   Export shipments have slowed recently.

6.   Export shipments will begin once the U.N. has approved the sales contracts.

7.   On other markets, gasoline and crude oil rose after a refinery in Venezuela canceled some export shipments.

8.   Soybean futures fell, even after the USDA said export shipments increased, amid concern that the government still forecasts a large fall harvest, traders said.

9.   The prints were so little valued that they were sometimes used, as we use crumpled newspapers, like excelsior around items packed for export shipment.

10.   Until export shipments are resumed, though, the situation temporarily eases tight wheat supplies in the United States.