11.   Hyundai last year signed a licence agreement with Malaysian firm Oriental-Hyundai Sdn. Bhd. to assemble and distribute Hyundai vehicles and to make components.

12.   Coca-Cola also disinvested in South Africa, but its products remained under a licence agreement with a local manufacturer.

13.   US computer-maker Apple Computer Inc. signed its first manufacturing and technology licence agreement Tuesday with a Singapore firm.