Definition: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Argentina Corn Exports Seen Rising 8% by UN FAO as Brazil Falls
Bloomberg - 5/20/2013 2:04:53 PM
Argentina’s corn exports may rise 8 percent this year as output expands while shipments from Brazil decline, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said. Argentina’s corn exports in the 2013-14 marketing year that started ...
Economic Growth in Foreign Regions and U.S. Export Growth
econintersect.com - 5/20/2013 2:23:22 AM
[4] The United States has four large export markets—Asia, Europe, Canada, and Mexico—and an increase in the share of U.S. export goods to any given region usually is associated with an increase in the real GDP growth rate in that region.
World wheat trade nearly unchanged
CattleNetwork.com - 5/14/2013 7:55:35 PM
However, the structure of imports and exports by country is expected to shift substantially. The largest decline in wheat imports in 2013/14 is projected for Iran, down 4.0 million tons to 1.0 million, given expectations of near-record production and large ...
Cod exports rise in April
FIS - 5/12/2013 8:12:17 PM
The value of exports of Norwegian cod, saithe and haddock in April totalled NOK 806 million (EUR 106.7 million). This is NOK 59.4 million (EUR 7.9 million) or 8 per cent more than in April 2012. In terms of volume, exports were up by 26 per cent or over ...
UK approved £112m of arms exports to Saudi Arabia last year
The Guardian - 5/20/2013 5:32:28 PM
The UK has granted arms export licences to Saudi Arabia worth almost £4bn over the past four years despite growing fears about the human rights record in the kingdom during the Arab spring, new figures show. Last year the government approved licences ...
Fish exports may generate USD 500mln by 2015
FIS - 5/20/2013 7:27:00 PM
Sri Lanka is working on increasing its deep sea fishing efforts and doubling fish exports between now and 2015 and to achieve this goal, it will be using new vessels from Japan and China, The minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development ...
Would tax on arms exports and protectionism help poor countries?
The Guardian - 5/15/2013 9:45:57 AM
To help offset the negative effects of trade barriers, he says affluent countries that provide subsidies or export credits should commit to paying a share of the value of subsidies towards a development fund. That share would be 2% in 2016 ...
AfDB Set to Help African Countries Better Exploit AGOA Export Opportunities
en.starafrica.com - 5/20/2013 2:26:21 PM
20 May 2013 / PRNewswire Africa / – The African Development Bank is working towards helping African countries better benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) opportunities. “The African Development Bank has launched a ...
Saudis Cut March Crude Exports as West Africans Boost Shipments
Businessweek - 5/19/2013 7:42:30 PM
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Venezuela reduced crude oil exports in March from the previous month while West African members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries increased shipments, according to official data. OPEC’s biggest ...
Indian growers help Ethiopia become world's fourth largest flower exporter
New York Daily News - 5/16/2013 10:27:43 AM
Addis Ababa, May 16 — Indian-owned firms in Ethiopia are making flowers the country's third-largest export earner after coffee and khat, a kind of chewable cannabis. In the last five years, the Ethiopian floriculture industry has become the second ...
Sugar sector sees new govt to stabilise export policy
Pakistan News Service - 5/16/2013 6:31:29 AM
hoping the new government will work for increasing exports particularly of sugar, which has great potential in the country. The PSMA Punjab chairman Riaz Qadeer Butt expressed the hope that the new government to announce a complete and permanent mechanism ...
Energy Department OKs Second Natural Gas Export Project
US News and World Report - 5/18/2013 5:31:51 AM
The Department of Energy conditionally approved an application to export liquefied natural gas to countries that lack free-trade ... export permits, which were held up as lawmakers weighed the pros and cons of exporting the nation's newfound ...
Freeport LNG Receives DOE Approval To Export LNG To Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries
9 WTVM.COM - 5/18/2013 6:00:29 AM
HOUSTON, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. (Freeport LNG) today announced that it had received authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to any country that ...
Israel said to be world leader in UAV exports
United Press International - 5/20/2013 4:28:02 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 20 (UPI) -- Israel's high-tech defense industry leads the world in exporting unmanned aerial vehicles ... The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported a few weeks ago that Israeli companies were behind ...
Pakistan needs to sign free trade pacts with countries: KCCI chief
pakistantoday.com.pk - 5/16/2013 7:17:26 PM
KARACHI - Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Muhammad Haroon Agar stressed that Pakistan should focus on signing preferential and free trade agreements with as many countries as possible. For increased exports of the ...
