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Commerce Official Says Private Sector is Exporting in Record Numbers

On December 1, 2011, the Commerce Department's Acting Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank spoke to the Industry Trade Advisory Committees (ITAC) stating that its work has aided the private sector to export in record numbers. In September, U.S. exports of goods…

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and services increased by 1.4 percent to a record $180.4 billion since August. Over the last twelve months, exports of goods and services totaled $2.05 trillion -- leaving the U.S. 15.6 percent above the level of exports for the same period in 2009-10. The President's National Export Initiative, which aims to double U.S. exports by the end of 2015, is now in its second full year.