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Secretary Gutierrez Praises Rising Exports

Washington (July 12)—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez issued a statement on the release of the May 2007 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report shows that U.S. exports increased by 10.8 percent to $644.1 billion year-to-date (through May) over the same period in 2006. Imports increased 4.5 percent to $939.6 billion. (More)