Recent Trends Show Recession's Effect on U.S. Advanced Technology Exports

Recent Trends Show Recession's Effect on U.S. Advanced Technology Exports
Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:54:00 -0500

U.S. exports of advanced technology products (ATP) fared better than other non-advanced technology exports during the recent U.S. recession, says a new report from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

NSF's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics reports that ATP exports fell from $270 billion in 2008 to $245 billion in 2009.  But this 9 percent drop was less than half the decline of non ATP exports.

ATP exports embody new or leading edge breakthroughs in ...

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