1.   Strong exports of services helped the overall balance of trade.

2.   With exports strong, the business is moving onwards and upwards.

3.   The business moved onward and upward with strong exports -- BNS had built two factories in West Germany but UK sales predominated.

4.   Banks fell after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan raised the possibility interest rates may rise in the U.S. while automakers rose on a report of strong export growth.

5.   Both of these industries have a strong export component that has bolstered growth.

6.   Bolton defended the U.S. record of arms sales, citing its strong export regulations and weapons destruction programs.

7.   A strong rupee will continue to act as a deterrent to strong export growth, HSBC said.

8.   --Adopting strong export promotion and agricultural research programs.

9.   But Xie said the strong exports by South Korea and Taiwan to China could prove to be a fleeting success.

10.   Clinton administration offers took the opportunity to trumpet the strong export growth to counter attacks by some Republican candidates on U.S. free trade policies.