He was then named director of exports, and in 1960 set up an export subsidiary in the United States.
"For the next three or four years, that's the place to be," said Marek R. Helinski, the director of exports for Stolarka, one of Poland's biggest manufacturers of doors, windows and flooring.
The way it was explained by Axel Velden, chairman of the New Jersey District Export Council, who retired 18 months ago as director of the export division at Johnson & Johnson, trading blocs were transforming export patterns.
The director of the export arm of the Russian company Gazprom, Aleksandr I. Medvedev, told Russian news agencies that Ukraine was to blame.
The creation of the K.H.L., led by Alexander Medvedev, the director of the export arm of Gazprom, the state energy giant, was one of many new projects meant to symbolize a return to greatness.
The deputy director of the export control agency, Sergei F. Yakimov, issued an order to Baltic State on Feb. 11 to shut down the program.
The tender offer came a day after the corporation and government officials met in Athens with Alexander Medvedev, director of the export arm of Gazprom, the Russian state energy giant.
Rajendra Hinduja, a director of Gokaldas Exports in Bangalore, India's biggest exporter of ready-made garments, says labour laws are his "problem number one".His business is seasonal, but he is loth to take on extra staff to meet surges in demand because he cannot lay them off in slack periods.
President Bush has nominated Diane G. Farrell to become a director of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the White House said yesterday.
