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Export Promotion: Federal Agencies' Activities and Resources in Fiscal Year 1999

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 10, 2000
Report No. NSIAD-00-118
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Summary:

U.S. businesses have increasingly recognized during the last decade the benefits of competing in the international marketplace. Exports as a share of U.S. gross domestic product rose from 6.4 percent in 1988 to 7.9 percent ($672 billion) in 1998. The U.S. government runs several programs to help businesses promote their goods and services overseas. This report (1) identifies the federal agencies involved in promoting U.S. exports and the activities they carry out, (2) describes the overall resources these agencies devoted to export promotion in fiscal year 1999, and (3) isolates the agencies' overseas resources devoted to export promotion during this period. GAO also describes how some of these agencies participated in a computer network that provides trade leads from developing countries to U.S. exporters.

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