1.   A stronger dollar restored some of the competitiveness that European and Japanese exporters had lost in the preceding years.

2.   South American soybeans are so cheap, compared with U.S. prices, that U.S. exporters lost orders last week, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

3.   Swiss shares were little changed for most of the day as some exporters lost ground as the dollar pared some of its recent advance against the franc.

4.   The report showed that exporters are losing business in Asia, and hurting profits and jobs in the United States.

5.   Wheat futures also slid on concern that export demand is lackluster as U.S. exporters lose business to other producers such as Canada.

6.   With competing suppliers slashing prices, U.S. exporters are losing customers.

7.   A strong yen makes Japanese goods more expensive and less competitive overseas, and Japanese exporters lose revenues in terms of the Japanese currency.

8.   A weaker yen means that South Korean exporters lose price competitiveness against their Japanese rivals in the global market.

9.   Chen said local exporters often lost cargo space to their competitors from Japan, China, Taiwan or Korea.

10.   Exporters lost ground at the prospect of lower gains as the real strengthens.