21.   If the ban is enacted, cattle ranchers and sheep producers could have to increase their purchases of soybean meal.

22.   Interbank rates have eased partly because the central bank increased purchases in the repurchase market to ease a credit crunch, traders said.

23.   It also opposes the U.S. offer to lift its threat if Japanese car companies agree to voluntarily increase their purchase of U.S. auto parts.

24.   Japan also agreed to increase its purchases of U.S. auto parts, Clinton said.

25.   Japan also agreed to increase its purchases of U.S. auto parts, he said.

26.   Japanese automobile manufacturers will increase purchases of American cars and auto parts.

27.   Japanese government officials and auto executives argue that the Japanese industry is in no position to increase purchases of foreign parts.

28.   Last summer the United States threatened to impose steep tariffs on Japanese luxury cars unless Japanese automakers agreed to voluntary plans to increase purchases of foreign auto parts.

29.   One major car company, Honda Motor Co., has said it will increase purchases of U.S. car parts by its American manufacturing plants.

30.   Prices for lumber being sold from mills rose as the week ended, with lumberyards increasing their purchases to meet end of the summer building demand.