US agricultural exports have climbed 50% since 2009

 The US Department of Agriculture has released its second Outlook for US Agricultural Trade in fiscal year 2013, and the latest forecast continues an astonishing trend for American farm exports that began in 2009. In the years since, US agricultural exports have climbed more than 50 percent in value, from $96.3 billion in 2009 to the most-recent forecast of $145 billion in 2013.

Secretary Vilsack Reponds to Soaring US Exports

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Honda Builds 1 Millionth Automobile for Export From U.S. | Business Wire

Twenty-five years after the first U.S.-made Honda automobile was exported to overseas markets, associates at the company’s Marysville Auto Plant today marked production of the 1 millionth Honda automobile to be exported from the U.S. The silver 2013 Honda Accord EX-L Sedan will be shipped to South Korea.

Within two years, Honda will become a “net exporter” of automobiles from North America – exporting more vehicles built in its auto plants in North America than it imports from Japan – as these local production operations take on a larger responsibility for the introduction of global automobiles sold in multiple countries.

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Honda Builds 1 Millionth Automobile for Export From U.S. | Business Wire