Exports support over 11 million jobs. The number of jobs in U.S. manufacturing plants that export increased between 21 and 36 percent faster than in non-exporting plants.
Small businesses are our economy's most dynamic engine of growth.
Still, this represents only 1percent of small businesses in the U.S. 63 percent of small businesses that do export send their goods to only one market. Electric and electronic equipment Scientific and measuring instruments Chemical products Rubber and plastic products. The fastest-growing markets for SME exporters are Brazil, Malaysia, China, and the Philippines. The Commercial Service serves a client base of 88,100 U.S. companies. CS international offices conducted 189,867 export counseling sessions in 2000.