1.   Mr. Sainsbury All the major export credit agencies are reviewing cover for the Soviet Union.

2.   And what did go in were loans that now have to be paid back or export credits tied to goods from the country giving the credits.

3.   But Mary Chambliss, deputy administrator for export credits at the Department of Agriculture, defended the U.S. decision on Friday.

4.   Clinton has repeatedly stated his willingness to change the sanctions law to exempt agricultural export credits.

5.   In the west, export credits were seen as good business.

6.   Initially export credits were examined, only to be abandoned after the finance ministry refused to issue a sovereign guarantee to satisfy would-be creditors.

7.   It plans to attack its current account deficit with new export finance credits and increased import tariffs.

8.   Mitiukov said a resumption of IMF credits was crucial for restoring other credit flows from western countries, export credits and loan talks with the World Bank.

9.   Prospects for new U.S. export credits to Russia also helped prices, as did dry weather concerns for some winter-wheat producing states.

10.   Short term export credit guarantees run between six months and three years.