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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

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Contrary to the image of imports and exports being only “stuff” flowing in and out of places like the Port of Long Beach, the report notes that services accounted for 31%, or $525.8 The statistics in from the Brookings Institution’s excellent report – Export Nation – also speak to this trend. billion of total U.S. exports in 2008.