by Contributing Writer Published: February 26,2010
Tags: exports, Small Business
While many small businesses are in survival mode during the current economic downturn, there are still strategic decisions that can be made today which may have a positive impact on this year’s bottom line. Small businesses account for 30 percent of all U.S. exports — a staggering $500 billion per year. The fastest growing segment of [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 23,2009
Tags: exports, high tech, Josh James, Michael Larson, TechAmerica, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The high-tech industry annually brings Colorado billions of dollars in revenue and represents one of its top export products. The sector — including computers, semiconductors, electro-medical equipment and industrial electronics — generated $2.9 billion for Colorado during 2008. That, however, was an 8 percent decrease from 2007 and far off the 2006 high of $4.3 billion. So, [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 23,2009
Tags: exports, high tech, semiconductor
High-tech industry exports totaled $223 billion nationally during 2008, an increase of 1 percent compared to 2007. While long-term analysis shows an increase of 38 percent since 2002, high-tech exports have decreased in four subsectors: computers and peripheral equipment, consumer electronics, semiconductors and industrial electronics. Those decreases, however, have been partially mitigated by increases in communications equipment, [...] [...]
by Rebecca Tonn Published: March 3,2009
Tags: agriculture, beef, Colorado, exports, livestock
During 2008, Colorado was the No. 1 supplier of beef and beef variety meats to Canada, the No. 2 supplier to Japan and Mexico and the No. 1 supplier of fresh chilled beef to Korea. For the first time, beef exports from Colorado exceed levels reached prior to the closure of most major U.S. beef markets during the [...] [...]
