Export Boom in New Jersey

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Tens of billions of dollars worth of export-related revenue is being generated by New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia (considered a metro area).

Find out why here.

Within this same article, they mention a report, "Export Nation," published by the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, which describes the nation's export landscape in detail. Worth a thorough look.

Download it immediately here (PDF):

Export Nation

Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog

Cheap Exports Are Booming For Small Businesses

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America's relatively cheap exports are booming and have played a critical role keeping the U.S. economy out of recession. In response, more small-business owners are looking to tap overseas markets and banks are looking to grow with them.

Read more about it here but don't let this quote confuse you: "There are 50,000 small- and medium-sized exporters in PNC's footprint, and ..." They must mean customers of a certain size who will use their services because our number is more like 240,000 (and growing) SMEs are exporting from the United States.