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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: September 29, 2008

Facts Of The Day

May 30, 2008

Environmental goods accounted for 12 percent of total U.S industrial exports to Korea in 2006, totaling $3.64 billion.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

Trade Fact for May 30, 2008

May 29, 2008

In 2006, Cincinnati-Middletown (OH-KY-IN) area was the 16th largest export market in the U.S., with sales totaling $12.7 billion, up from $11.2 billion in 2005.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

Trade Fact for May 29, 2008

May 28, 2008

Paper and paper products accounted for 3.9 percent of total U.S industrial exports to Colombia in 2006, totaling $190 million.

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration

Trade Fact for May 28, 2008

May 27, 2008

More than 10,000 U.S. companies export to Colombia, of which more than 8,500 are small and medium size.

Source: International Trade Administration

Trade Fact for May 27, 2008

May 23, 2008

In 2007, the United States exported $386,000 of beef and beef products to Colombia. Colombia’s World Trade Organization tariff bindings on beef range from 70 to 108 percent, with applied tariffs ranging from five to 80 percent.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Trade Fact for May 23, 2008

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