The British Exporters Association (BEXA) plans to publish a manifesto on February 22nd urging the government to do more for exporting firms.

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For example, in 1993 alone firms exporting existing products to existing markets accounted for 91% of total export growth.

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It is refreshing to read so much that is positive about Italy amid the pervasive gloom: the fight against organised crime in the south, the exporting power of family firms in the north, the impact of Mr Monti's reforms.

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The cellphones, bank branches, and supermarkets that multinational firms are increasingly exporting to Africa and Asia have done more to uplift the poor than many would like to admit.

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He assumes that the very act of exporting raises the productivity of firms, because selling on world markets forces companies to raise their game while exposing them to new ideas and techniques.

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Matthew Slaughter of Dartmouth College notes that only 4% of all American firms and 15% of American manufacturers do any exporting at all.

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Yet troubles loom: The housing downturn has cut demand for chemical-rich building products like polyvinyl chloride pipe, private equity firms are no longer buying chemical companies at rich multiples, and Mideast oil-exporting nations are investing billions in their own new chemical plants.

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