91.   The Asian currency slump made Indian exports costlier than their Asian counterparts, causing a slowdown in the rate of export growth.

92.   The Clinton administration is expected to rely on the data showing strong export growth to defend its free-trade policies.

93.   The decline contrasted with surging earnings for most other French companies, boosted by strong export growth.

94.   The economy is expanding faster than those of our major trading partners, so imports are surging while export growth has been sluggish.

95.   The danger is that a further recovery in the value of the deutsche mark could jeopardise export growth by eroding the competitive advantage of German wares on foreign markets.

96.   The export growth is likely to lead to trade friction between the two countries, economists said.

97.   The gain was triggered by a German interest rate cut that promised faster economic growth in Europe, which could translate into U.S. export growth.

98.   The finance minister, in his recent comments on the need to stimulate the economy, said high interest rates were the reason export growth slowed.

99.   The increase in the index may reduce concern export growth is slowing before the domestic economy is able to stand on its own feet.

100.   The main cause of the slower export growth is a cut in the value-added tax rebate paid to exporters.