January 24, 2008

Automotive products accounted for 3.5 percent of U.S. exports to Colombia in 2006, totaling approximately $172 million. The top U.S. exports to Colombia in this sector were passenger and transport vehicles, chassis, and engines. Colombian tariffs range between 5 and 35 percent with an average of 15.8 percent in 2006. For automotive products, 53 percent of U.S. industrial exports will receive duty-free treatment immediately upon implementation of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. Tariffs on another 23 percent of automotive exports will be eliminated over five years.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

January 23, 2008

In 2006, the United States exported $2.7 billion in goods to Panama, an increase of 25 percent from 2005. Export shipments of merchandise from Washington to Panama totaled $146 million (the fifth largest figure among the 50 states) in 2006, which increased nearly 500 percent from 2005.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

January 22, 2008

In 2006, the United States exported $2.7 billion in goods to Panama, an increase of 25 percent from 2005. Georgia's export shipments of merchandise to the world in 2006 totaled $20 billion. Georgia ranked 16th among the 50 states in terms of 2006 export value. Export shipments of merchandise from Georgia to Panama totaled $81 million in 2006, up 128 percent from the 2002 level of $35 million.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

January 18, 2008

Within each of the following key industrial sectors over 97 percent of U.S. exports to Korea by value will gain duty free access to the Korean market within three years: Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Goods, Electrical/Electronic, Metals, Scientific Equipment, and Shipping and Transportation.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

January 17, 2008

In 2006, the United States exported $2.7 billion in goods to Panama, an increase of 25 percent from 2005. Eight percent of those exports came from California ($222 million). A total of 51,466 companies exported goods from California locations in 2005. Of those, 49,148 (95 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration