Cement producers like Southdown (53, SDW) and wallboard maker USG Corp. (51, USG) trade at less than ten times forward earnings in a market where their main products are inshortsupply.
The Soviet Union imports substantial quantities of electricity, foodstuffs, manufactured goods and other items from the Baltic states products already inshortsupplyin the USSR.
Russia and China have already rejected key proposals to restrict Iran's access to international financial markets and choke off its importation of refined petroleum products, which domestically are inshortsupply.