JAPANESE FOREIGN SHIP ORDERS DROP 39%

August 25, 1999

Japanese shipyards received foreign orders for 21 vessels totaling 581,100 GRT in July, down 39.6 percent from a year before, the Japan Ship Exporters' Association said. In all, 19 orders were for bulk carriers and two for freighters.

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