Metropolitan Area Exports: An Export Performance Report on Over 250 U.S. Cities211 1993-1998

摘要

This report furnishes 1998 statistics on merchandise export sales by businesses211u001elocated in 253 of the nation's Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Metro areas 211u001ecovered in this study collectively account for nearly 80 percent of all U.S. 211u001eexports of goods. The current report update metropolitan export figures for 1993-211u001e97 which were released by the Commerce Department in November 1998. This study 211u001eprovides an overview of export activity in the nation's cities. A series of 211u001etables furnishes export totals for each metro area and ranks the MSAs according 211u001eto various criteria--e.g., by export value and recent export growth.