Commerce Publishes State Level Export Stats, Pritzker Touts Continued Growth
The Commerce Department on Sept. 2 released reports on export statistics broken down at the state level and on export figures registered in the top nearly 400 U.S. metropolitan areas across the country. In 2013, U.S. goods exports created 7.1…
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million jobs out of the total 11.3 million jobs generated through all exports, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said on a Sept. 2 conference call. Texas, California, Washington, Illinois and New York created roughly 43 percent of all export-related job growth in 2013, the state statistics briefing said (here). Houston, the largest metropolitan creator of export jobs in 2013, led 208 metropolitan areas that generated export job growth, the metropolitan statistic report said (here). Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank remains a critical priority in continuing to boost exports, said Pritzker on the conference call, along with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman. The reauthorization effort faces an uphill climb this month, as its charter is set to expire on Sept. 30 (see 14082601).