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"Free and fair trade helps secure a future of freedom and promise."

President George W. Bush
World Trade Week Proclomation
May 16, 2008

Site Updated: August 5, 2008

Facts Of The Day

July 17, 2008

U.S. goods exports to Korea in the year-to-date through May 2008 amount to $14.9 billion, up 7.0 percent from the same period of 2007. Leading exports in 2007 include electrical machinery, machinery, aircraft, and spacecraft.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

Trade Fact for July 17, 2008

July 16, 2008

U.S. goods exports to Colombia, Korea, and Panama in the year-to-date through May 2008 amount to $21.7 billion, up 17.8 percent from the same period of 2007.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

Trade Fact for July 16, 2008

July 15, 2008

The largest export markets for U.S. goods year-to-date through May 2008 were Canada ($112.6 billion, up 12.5 percent), Mexico ($60.6 billion, up 10.2 percent), China ($30.3 billion, up 22.9 percent) and Japan ($28.0 billion, up 7.6 percent).

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

Trade Fact for DATE

July 14, 2008

The Detroit metro area was the fifth largest export market in the United States with sales totaling $24.3 billion. Three quarters of the exports were to free trade agreement countries, with $18.2 billion headed to Canada and Mexico, and $71 million to the Central America and the Dominican Republic.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

Trade Fact for July 14, 2008

July 11, 2008

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today exports of U.S. goods and services reached a record high of $157.5 billion in May.

Source: Prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Trade Fact for July 11, 2008

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