Trade Fact of the Day
The U.S. manufactured goods trade balance improved 122 percent with our FTA partners, but only six percent with non-FTA partners in the first five months of 2008.
About Trade
"Free and fair trade helps secure a future of freedom and promise."
President George W. Bush
World Trade Week Proclomation
May 16, 2008
Facts Of The Day
January 30, 2008
In 2006, the United States exported $6.7 billion in goods to Colombia, an increase of nearly 24 percent from 2005. Nine percent of those exports came from Louisiana ($630 million), which increased 16 percent from 2005. A total of 2,292 companies exported goods from Louisiana locations in 2005. Of those, 1,936 (84 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with fewer than 500 employees.
Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration
