          Exhibit 4a
2006 Exports by Company Type and Employment Size
to Number of Partner Countries
 
Note:  This exhibit is compiled using data from export trade documents and the Business Register.  For information on nonsampling errors and other data limitations, see the Technical Documentat
 
Value in millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding.
Company Type and                Known    Number of  Number of Countries to Which Company Exports
       Employment Size         Value (1) Identified  1 Country            2-4 Countries         5-9 Countries         10-24 Countries       25-49 Countries       50+ Countries
                                          Exporters  % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row   % of Row
                                                       Value   Number of     Value   Number of     Value   Number of     Value   Number of     Value   Number of     Value   Number of
                                                               Identified            Identified            Identified            Identified            Identified            Identified
                                                               Exporters (2)         Exporters (2)         Exporters (2)         Exporters (2)         Exporters (2)         Exporters (2)
 
All identified companies         910,465    245,945        4.5       58.2        6.4       25.4        6.7        8.9       13.4        5.6       18.5        1.4       50.4        0.4
    no. employees unknown(2)      63,022     76,115       20.5       72.8       17.6       19.1       18.7        5.0       22.5        2.6       16.2        0.4        4.5        0.1
    1 to 19 employees             61,850    101,254       24.1       59.8       29.3       28.0       20.4        8.4       19.3        3.5        6.4        0.3        0.5        0.0
    20 to 49 employees            30,714     30,178       11.7       45.8       19.8       30.3       22.6       13.4       26.0        9.1       17.6        1.4        2.2        0.1
    50 to 99 employees            27,335     15,524        8.1       40.6       15.1       29.6       18.4       14.9       40.9       12.0       15.3        2.8        2.3        0.2
    100 to 249 employees          44,170     11,775        4.7       34.8       11.1       28.4       13.7       14.9       47.2       16.0       18.8        5.2        4.6        0.7
    250 to 499 employees          35,908      4,441        4.3       29.6        8.9       24.8       12.2       16.0       32.6       18.5       33.4        9.6        8.7        1.6
    500 or more employees        647,466      6,658        0.6       25.6        1.6       21.0        2.3       12.1        6.9       16.2       19.3       15.2       69.4       10.0
  Manufacturers                  578,475     67,757        1.5       43.8        3.1       29.0        4.2       13.0       10.1       10.1       17.4        3.1       63.7        0.9
    no. employees unknown(2)      22,192     12,869       10.1       56.8       12.7       25.7       23.3        9.7       21.6        6.4       23.9        1.2        8.3        0.2
    1 to 19 employees              5,817     21,696       27.8       54.1       27.7       30.3       21.9       10.6       20.4        4.7   (4)   2.1       0.3         (D)       0.0
    20 to 49 employees             8,300     13,661       12.3       41.7       22.6       31.6       23.0       14.5       33.0       10.7   (4)   9.2       1.5         (D)       0.0
    50 to 99 employees            10,519      8,073        8.9       33.6       17.9       31.7       20.1       16.9       36.3       14.3       13.9        3.3        2.9        0.2
    100 to 249 employees          23,010      6,349        4.5       25.1       11.3       30.0       15.6       18.1       40.5       19.2       22.6        6.7        5.4        0.9
    250 to 499 employees          20,744      2,344        4.7       16.9        9.2       24.9       15.5       19.3       35.1       24.1       29.1       13.1        6.5        1.8
    500 or more employees        487,893      2,765        0.2        7.8        1.1       16.0        1.5       12.2        6.0       22.2       16.7       24.1       74.6       17.8
  Wholesalers                    203,094     82,323        6.8       52.9       10.9       30.0       10.4       10.1       20.4        5.6       19.3        1.2       32.2        0.2
    no. employees unknown(2)      19,984     21,995       21.1       67.6       20.0       23.4       17.9        5.9       21.0        2.7       17.7        0.4        2.4        0.1
    1 to 19 employees             38,967     43,948       18.9       52.6       31.0       32.7       22.4        9.9       21.0        4.3        6.3        0.5        0.4        0.0
    20 to 49 employees            13,506      8,951        9.1       37.7       18.5       33.9       22.5       16.0       28.4       10.5       16.8        1.8        4.7        0.1
    50 to 99 employees            12,285      3,656        4.1       34.3       10.8       31.7       14.5       17.0       50.5       13.2       19.0        3.5        1.2        0.3
    100 to 249 employees          14,803      2,248        1.7       28.8        8.1       30.2        8.1       16.0       62.8       18.4       14.7        5.8        4.7        0.8
    250 to 499 employees           9,249        752        1.6       24.9        4.2       24.1        7.9       18.4       25.9       20.2       54.6       10.8        5.9        1.7
    500 or more employees         94,299        773        0.1       13.2        0.8       17.2        2.1       13.3        7.7       21.3       22.8       21.7       66.5       13.2
  Other companies (3)            122,897     88,669       13.8       72.5       13.5       19.1       12.2        5.1       17.4        2.6   (4)  43.0       0.5         (D)       0.1
    no. employees unknown(2)      17,252     34,408       31.0       80.6       20.2       14.7       14.2        3.1       25.6        1.4        6.9        0.2        2.1        0.0
    1 to 19 employees             16,533     35,434       35.6       72.1       26.8       20.7       15.8        5.2       15.6        1.8        5.3        0.2        0.9        0.0
    20 to 49 employees             8,781      7,534       15.4       62.9       19.5       23.8       22.2        8.1       15.4        4.5   (4)  27.5       0.6         (D)       0.0
    50 to 99 employees             4,247      3,768       16.9       61.6       21.5       23.0       21.8        8.5       26.7        5.7   (4)  13.1       1.1         (D)       0.1
    100 to 249 employees           5,909      3,138       11.0       58.5       14.3       23.9       20.2        7.8       37.6        7.8       15.2        1.8        1.7        0.3
    250 to 499 employees           5,736      1,322        7.1       54.5       15.0       25.4        7.0        8.7       35.3        7.6       14.4        2.7       21.2        1.1
    500 or more employees         64,440      3,065        4.1       44.3        6.8       26.2        8.5       11.7       11.9        9.7       33.0        5.7       35.7        2.4
  Unclassified companies           5,999      7,196       22.9       79.5       22.0       15.2       16.7        3.6       19.2        1.4   (4)  19.2       0.3         (D)       0.0
 
 
(1) Known value is defined as the portion of U.S. total exports that could be matched to specific companies.
(2) Includes missing employment data, nonemployers, and companies that reported annual payroll but did not report any employees on their payroll during specified period(s) in 2006.
(3) Includes manufacturing companies of prepackaged software and books, freight forwarders and other transportation service firms, business services, engineering and management services, gas an
(4) Includes percent of adjacent cell (D) suppressed to avoid disclosure.
