ARKANSAS & THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCENE
US Commercial Service Arkansas: International Business News
http://www.buyusa.gov/arkansas/arknewsletter.html
Arkansas International Trade News
http://www.einnews.com/arkansas/newsfeed-ArkansasInternationalTrade
Arkansas Department of Economic Development - International
http://www.1800arkansas.com/international/
THE CENTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT (Arkansas)
http://asbdc.ualr.edu/bizfacts/5017.asp
Arkansas International Trade News
http://www.einnews.com/arkansas/newsfeed-ArkansasInternationalTrade
Arkansas: Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment (November 2005)
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/state_reports/arkansas.html
Arkansas Exports
Arkansas 2003 exports:
total 2,962.2
Canada 807,400,000
Belgium 62,400,000
France 27,800,000
Over 30% of Arkansas's exports went to francophone countries.
Arkansas 2004 exports in millions of dollars
3,122.9 (in top 25)
Canada: 975.4
France 163.4
Belgium 69.9
38.7% of Arkansas export dollars come from French-speaking countries. That is up.
Arkansas' 2004 exports to France are 588% of 2003's exports.
Canadian Commercial Relations with Arkansas
http://www.canadianembassy.org/statetrade/ar-en.asp
Trans-boarder surface freight values August 2003-August 2004
Canada to Arkansas $914,112,939
Arkansas to Canada $965,287,259
FRENCH-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - DALLAS (closest to you)
Directrice : Mme Isabelle de WULF
2665 Villa Creek Drive, Suite 214, Dallas, TX 75234
Téléphone 00 1 972 241 0111 - Télécopie 00 1 972 241 0901
E-mail : info@faccdallas.com
Site web : http://www.faccdallas.com
Foreign-Direct Investment
3.3% of Arkansas's work force work for foreign companies in Arkansas (2002)
This figure might be changing rapidly. There was is a recent study on
Arkansas and the EU (2002)
http://www.eurunion.org/partner/ usstates/Arkansas%20-%20AR%202003.ppt
An Arkansas company that has set up its operations in France
Acxiom Corporation - Little Rock, AR integrates data, services and technology to create and deliver customer and information management solutions for many of the largest, most respected companies in the world.
Canadian companies in AR:
Whisper Creek Log Homes, Hyd-Mech Group Limited, The Bancroft Cap Company
Ainsworth Lumber Company Ltd. is a Canadian company owns approximately 73000 acres of timberland in Arkansas
January 20, 2004:
Montréal, Canada – Quebecor World (NYSE, TSE: IQW) is pleased to announce it has signed a multi-year agreement to print telephone directories for ALLTEL Publishing, a division of ALLTEL Corporation of Little Rock, Arkansas. Quebecor World will print more than 145 white and yellow page directory titles for distribution in 37 states.
DIRECT ADVOCACY IN ARKANSAS
Arkansas Representatives to Congress
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newseek.cgi?site=ctc&state=ar
Arkansas House of Representatives
http://www.arkansas.gov/house/general_assy.html
