And China is a big exporter of heavy industry products, particularly steel.

From hardly any production a decade ago, China has shot up to become the world's biggest exporter.

Or consider Texas, the biggest exporter to Mexico among the 50 states.

Among big exporters, only India, at about 70 cents an hour, is cheaper.

The report helped raise the stock of other big exporters.

It will be the world's biggest single exporter and importer.

Only when that monopoly was broken did other countries become big exporters.

The company, based in Seattle, is consistently one of the nation's biggest corporate exporters.

At the same time, American companies - often big exporters - need foreign markets.

For the big exporters of corporate Japan, the nightmare should be over.