ARCHIVE - dated material.

Export.gov logo and link to Export.gov
Pie chart showing percent of exporting firms by number of employees
TradeStats Express Trade Data Trade Analysis Industry Information Resources and References

SMEs Sell Relatively Few Goods to Affiliated Customers Abroad

Return to SME Overview.

 
Classification of Trading Partner
Known Value of SME Merchandise Exports
(in billions $), 2003
Related Parties
27.2
Unrelated Parties
141.1
Non-Reported
3.1
Total
171.5

 

Definitions: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have fewer than 500 employees. A related party transaction is one between a
U.S. exporter and a foreign consignee, where either party owns (directly or indirectly) 10 percent or more of the other party.
Component values may not add to total due to rounding.

Notes: Figures include only identifiable or "known" exports, i.e., exports that can be linked to individual firms
using information on U.S. export declarations.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Exporter Database.

 

Prepared by the Office of Trade & Industry Information, Manufacturing and Services,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

  |  Privacy Statement
U.S. Department of Commerce  |   International Trade Administration