Longest Serving Ex-Im Board Members |
|
Historically Significant Transactions |
Rita M. Rodriguez, Director |
17 years (1982-1999) |
|
Silver ingots (Cuba) |
1934 |
Walter C. Sauer, Vice Chairman |
14 years (1962-1976) |
|
Burma Road (China) |
1938 |
Hawthorne Arey, Director |
11 years (1949-1953; 1954-1961) |
|
Pan American Highway (various) |
1941 |
Warren Lee Pierson, President |
9 years (1936-1945) |
|
Reconstruction Financing (France) |
1946 |
R. Alex McCullough, Director |
8 years (1969-1977) |
|
"X" country loans for military items (various) |
1960s |
George A. Blowers, Director |
7 years (1954-1961) |
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Nuclear power plant (Philippines) |
1975 |
John C. Clark, Director |
7 years (1969-1976) |
|
Line of credit (Brazil) |
1982/83 |
Tom Lilley, Director |
7 years (1965-1972) |
|
Denial of Three Gorges Dam project (China) |
1996 |
Harold F. Linder, Chairman |
7 years (1961-1968) |
|
Korean financial crisis line of credit (Korea) |
1998 |
R. Walton Moore, Chairman |
7 years (1934-1941) |
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Aircraft insurance waiver after Sep. 11 terrorist attacks (various) |
2001 |
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Important Moments in Ex-Im History |
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Top States Supported by Ex-Im Bank Financing Over the Past Five Years (USD in billions)
as of September 30, 2008 |
The Bank is created |
1934 |
|
Washington |
$28.0 |
Authorization of $2 billion European reconstruction after WWII |
1946 |
|
Texas |
10.5 |
Congress changes name to Export-Import Bank of the United States |
1968 |
|
California |
9.4 |
The International Arrangement on Export Credits is introduced |
1977 |
|
Florida |
4.3 |
The Ex-Im Bank joins IMF for a $10 billion financial package for Mexico |
1982 |
|
New York |
3.9 |
The Bank initiates a sweeping update of programs to serve small and medium sized exporters |
1987 |
|
Pennsylvania |
3.0 |
The Project Finance and Aircraft Finance Divisions are created |
1994 |
|
New Jersey |
2.3 |
During Asian financial crisis, assists with financing of U. S. exports to South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia |
1998 |
|
Illinois |
2.1 |
Expands the availability of financing in Sub-Saharan Africa and reaches a record level of support for U. S. exports to these markets |
1999 |
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Louisiana |
1.6 |
Supports airlines after the September 11 terrorist attacks by providing temporary insurance waivers |
2001 |
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Ohio |
1.3 |
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Top Ex-Im Exposure by International Market
(Total Value in USD)
as of September 30, 2008 |
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The United States' Top Trading Partners, as of January 2009
(USD in billions) Source: U.S. Census Bureau |
Mexico |
$7,246,881,860 |
|
Canada |
$32.06 |
India |
3,886,716,045 |
|
China |
28.93 |
Ireland |
2,785,572,779 |
|
Mexico |
22.27 |
Brazil |
2,489,436,801 |
|
Japan |
12.28 |
Canada |
2,436,385,245 |
|
Germany |
8.77 |
Republic of Korea |
2,221,507,806 |
|
United Kingdom |
6.77 |
Turkey |
2,161,146,054 |
|
South Korea |
5.29 |
China |
1,670,791,940 |
|
France |
4.92 |
Singapore |
1,660,054,449 |
|
Brazil |
3.91 |
United Arab Emirates |
1,546,846,235 |
|
Netherlands |
3.60 |
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