The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area ranks sixth in the country in exports, new data from the Department of Commerce shows.
The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area ranks sixth in the country in exports, new data from the Department of Commerce shows.
Those statistics showed exports from the Puget Sound’s largest cities increased 16.1 percent in 2011 to $41.1 billion from $35.4 billion the year before.
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Container import and export numbers continue to tell a positive story at the Port of Tacoma this year, with November showing a 9.5 percent increase over the same month last year.
Longshoremen at a half-dozen Pacific Northwest grain terminals have overwhelmingly rejected what owners describe as their “last, best and final” contract offer.
Much of Tacoma’s past economic successes came from the goods and services that it has exported to Asia. One path for Tacoma’s future economic prosperity could be in attracting more investment and immigra-tion from those same countries in Asia that are our major trading partners.
In today's global economy, selling goods around the world can bring large rewards. It makes good business sense to expand your prospective customer base to the more than 95 percent of the world's population living outside of our country. Demand for American goods is growing every day.
The Milken Institute has ranked Bellingham the best performing small city in Washington state in 2012.
Bellingham ranked 35th nationally, up from 104th in 2011.
Logan, Utah, topped the list in 2012, while Bellingham was ranked the highest Washington community in the small city category. The Seattle/Bellevue/Everett area ranked 13th among large cities, with San Jose, Calif., topping that list.
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