Donahue says lifting the embargo will give U.S.businesses significant opportunities to sell agricultural and manufactured goods to Cuba and to develop offshore oil fields.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

manufactured goods reversed six consecutive months of declines, posting a 1.8 - percent gain in February.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

She adds that is in line with previous years. South Korean companies employ nearly 40,000 North Koreans to produce basic manufactured goods at a special cooperative zone in the North Korean city of Kaesong.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11