Perry touts low taxes as reason for high exports

Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 5:00 a.m.
Texas continues to lead the nation in exporting for the ninth year in a row, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.Texas’ exports in 2010 totaled more than $206 billion, up 26.7 percent from $162 billion in 2009, and outperformed overall U.S. exports, which grew by 20.9 percent last year.By far the top recipient of Texas’ export goods was Mexico with $72.3 billion. The next closest was Canada with $18.6 billion, followed by China with $10.2 billion, Brazil with $7.1 billion and South Korea with...


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