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Houston-Area Firms Hope to Boost Trade in Central America.

By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 20--For nearly 1,200 Houston businesses, the negotiations to open up trade with Central America could shape their future.

One of the biggest of these companies is Houston-based Riviana Foods, which is one of the largest manufacturers of cookies and crackers and processors of fruits and vegetables.

Company executives support increased trade with the region, not so much to increase their own sales, but because they hope the Central American Free Trade Agreement will boost the economy of the struggling region.

"We do see a stability factor in terms of the region, a credibility ...

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