31.   While Russian exports have resumed, the metal likely is going directly to private buyers such as automakers or electronics manufacturers.

32.   While Russian officials and Japanese traders have said many times over the past six months that exports would resume, no metal has arrived in Japan until now.

33.   While the exports have resumed, consumers remain wary of how much metal is being delivered by the Russians.

34.   And diplomats who once said that oil would flow by the end of July now think it will be August, and maybe even autumn, before exports resume.

35.   But U.N. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they doubted exports would resume until July.

36.   Crude slumped on speculation Iraqi oil exports will resume shortly.

37.   Exports have resumed in piecemeal fashion.

38.   He did not say when exports might resume.

39.   He said he expected Iraqi oil exports to resume after Annan acts on the proposal.

40.   He said he expected Iraqi oil exports to resume after U.N. Secretary General Koffi Annan acts on the proposal.