1.   Cotton prices fell after the USDA late Wednesday predicted a larger-than-expected crop, slowing exports and higher stockpiles.

2.   Cotton prices fell after a separate USDA report forecast a larger-than-expected crop as well as slowing exports and higher stockpiles.

3.   Growth rates in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia were all hurt by slowing exports and inflation-cooling monetary and fiscal policies, the bank said.

4.   Just yesterday, reports of slowing exports raised concern that the economy might prove weaker than expectations.

5.   Many are being forced to act after annual profit fell by about a third because of slowing exports.

6.   On both continents, politicians are feeling the heat from slowing exports and fear a slowdown in economic growth later this year.

7.   Slowing exports contributed to the fall, the government said.

8.   Still, with the French and German economies flirting with recession, slowing exports could threaten the U.K. recovery.

9.   The latest sign of slowing exports is expected before markets open tomorrow, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases its weekly summary of sales activity.

10.   U.S. grain and cotton farmers have yet to feel the squeeze from slowing exports to Asia because they are winning sales closer to home, U.S. government figures show.