Word: exportability
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...ever escalating costs, those countries will be forced to boost their exports of raw materials to the industrial nations and go hat in hand to banks and foreign governments for billions of dollars in tide-me-overs. During 1981, the oil deficit of the twelve leading developing nations that lack their own oil reserves is projected to total about $45 billion, or 5% of their combined gross domestic product. In many economies the mounting burden of imported oil has reached dimensions that make real growth all but impossible. During 1980, Brazil will spend nearly 50% of its entire export earnings...
...many companies, exporting has always been something of an afterthought, but in my corporation we consider foreign sales every bit as important as our domestic business." So says E. J. White, marketing vice president for Crompton Co. of New York, a medium-size textile maker (1979 sales: $159 million). Reason: in the past seven years, Crompton's export business has leaped from zero to 30% of its annual sales...
...Exports of manufactured products have traditionally been dominated by a handful of the nation's largest companies, including Boeing, General Electric, Caterpillar Tractor, McDonnell Douglas and Du Pont. A surprising new export winner is the American textile industry, which is the world leader in productivity despite relatively high labor costs. Burlington Industries of New York, the nation's largest textile maker, with 1979 sales of $2.7 billion, saw its foreign business jump by 40% during the year. The big sellers: carpets, towels, curtains and clothing...
Smaller companies, many of them with less than $100 million in annual sales, are also making forays into foreign markets. Typical of the U.S.'s new generation of exporters is Keedon Enterprises, Inc. of Los Angeles, a privately owned manufacturer of hydraulic platforms, which sell for between $11,000 and $20,500 and are used as mobile scaffolds in the construction industry. The firm opened in 1973, but it did not export at all until 18 months ago. Now 50% of Keedon's output is sold abroad, and the company has distributors in 33 nations. Company Vice President...
American companies are moving into exports despite the continuing plethora of U.S. laws and regulations that make it difficult to do business abroad. Last month the Carter Administration sent a hefty 250-page report to Congress on the various ways the U.S. discourages exporters. One example: the provisions of the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which have never been clearly spelled out by the Justice Department. American businessmen complain that they are uncertain about what the law considers illegal bribes and what it regards as acceptable payments to local agents. Complains Lawrence A. Fox, vice president of the National Association...