         Exhibit 3a
2008 Exports to Related Parties
by Company Type and Employment Size

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 Documentation.

Value in millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding.

                                                  Related Party Trade       Non-Related Party Trade        Non-Reported

                                                                 % of Row                   % of Row                   
                                                                 Number of                  Number of                    % of Row
                                      Number of            %    Identified            %    Identified            %      Number of
     Company Type and         Known   Identified  Known  of Row Exporters  Known   of Row  Exporters  Known    of Row  Identified
      Employment Size        Value(1) Exporters  Value(1) Value    (2)    Value(1)  Value     (2)    Value(1)  Value    Exporters (2)   

All identified companies     1,147,669  288,747  349,892   30.5     12.5  796,584     69.4     98.3    1,193    0.1      0.8
    no. employees unknown (3)   93,146  101,765   18,076   19.4      8.7   74,989     80.5     97.5       82    0.1      0.4
    1 to 19 employees           81,787  112,220    6,421    7.9      8.4   75,221     92.0     98.6      145    0.2      0.8
    20 to 49 employees          46,555   32,784    3,733    8.0     13.6   42,772     91.9     99.0       50    0.1      0.8
    50 to 99 employees          35,163   16,955    4,879   13.9     20.9   30,012     85.3     99.1      272    0.8      0.9
    100 to 249 employees        62,201   13,023   10,606   17.1     29.2   51,379     82.6     98.9      216    0.3      1.4
    250 to 499 employees        40,798    4,921    7,201   17.7     40.5   33,583     82.3     98.8       13    0.0      1.8
    500 or more employees      788,019    7,079  298,976   37.9     55.4  488,628     62.0     98.7      415    0.1      5.5
  Manufacturers                710,027   73,130  248,948   35.1     18.3  460,890     64.9     99.1      190    0.0      0.9
    no. employees unknown (3)   31,793   15,444    8,181   25.7     14.5   23,607     74.3     98.3        4    0.0      0.4
    1 to 19 employees            6,404   23,241      744   11.6      7.2    5,656     88.3     99.1        3    0.0      0.4
    20 to 49 employees          10,652   14,153      588    5.5     13.2   10,060     94.4     99.3        4    0.0      0.5
    50 to 99 employees          13,518    8,418    1,455   10.8     22.3   12,057     89.2     99.5        7    0.1      0.8
    100 to 249 employees        27,852    6,721    3,872   13.9     34.6   23,965     86.0     99.5       15    0.1      1.5
    250 to 499 employees        24,263    2,352    4,116   17.0     51.9   20,136     83.0     99.6       11    0.0      2.0
    500 or more employees      595,546    2,801  229,992   38.6     76.8  365,408     61.4     99.9      145    0.0      9.1
  Wholesalers                  248,195   95,046   53,907   21.7     12.7  193,596     78.0     98.9      692    0.3      1.1
    no. employees unknown (3)   29,179   28,422    4,374   15.0      8.6   24,795     85.0     98.4       10    0.0      0.5
    1 to 19 employees           53,379   48,221    3,592    6.7     10.4   49,702     93.1     98.9       86    0.2      1.1
    20 to 49 employees          22,383    9,924    1,848    8.3     17.5   20,529     91.7     99.5        6    0.0      1.4
    50 to 99 employees          15,783    4,165    2,666   16.9     26.4(5)13,117  (5)83.1     99.5     (D)    (D)       1.6
    100 to 249 employees        24,303    2,580    4,457   18.3     32.9(5)19,847  (5)81.7     99.4     (D)    (D)       2.2
    250 to 499 employees         8,690      909    1,575   18.1     43.9    7,114     81.9     99.9        2    0.0      2.9
    500 or more employees       94,478      825   35,396   37.5     65.8   58,925     62.4     99.5      158    0.2      9.3
  Other companies (4)          183,659  111,296   45,902   25.0      8.8  137,445     74.8     97.5      312    0.2      0.6
    no. employees unknown (3)   27,153   48,920    4,472   16.5      7.1   22,613     83.3     97.0       68    0.3      0.5
    1 to 19 employees           21,894   40,608    2,055    9.4      6.6   19,783     90.4     97.9       56    0.3      0.6
    20 to 49 employees          13,462    8,674    1,289    9.6      9.8   12,133     90.1     97.9       40    0.3      0.7
    50 to 99 employees           5,818    4,349      738   12.7     13.1 (5)5,080  (5)87.3     97.9     (D)    (D)       0.5
    100 to 249 employees         9,765    3,689    2,256   23.1     16.9 (5)7,509  (5)76.9     97.5     (D)    (D)       0.8
    250 to 499 employees         7,819    1,648    1,509   19.3     22.5    6,310     80.7     97.1        1    0.0      0.9
    500 or more employees       97,748    3,408   33,584   34.4     35.7   64,052     65.5     97.6      112    0.1      1.7
  Unclassified companies         5,788    9,275    1,135   19.6      8.1    4,653     80.4     96.1        0    0.0      0.0
Multiple location companies    877,085   28,199  311,224   35.5     33.3  564,958     64.4     98.9      903    0.1      2.4
    no. employees unknown (3)      419      328      100   23.8     23.8  (5)319   (5)76.4      97.3     (D)    (D)       1.5
    1 to 19 employees            4,748    2,690      651   13.7     13.5    4,097     86.3     98.7        0    0.0      0.5
    20 to 49 employees          14,660    4,385    1,334    9.1     16.1   13,295     90.7     99.0       32    0.2      0.8
    50 to 99 employees          14,871    4,713    2,831   19.0     23.8(5)12,041    (5)81     99.2     (D)    (D)       1.0
    100 to 249 employees        36,595    6,260    5,460   14.9     31.4   30,935     84.5     98.9      201    0.5      1.9
    250 to 499 employees        30,824    3,522    5,548   18.0     42.8(5)25,276    (5)82     99.1     (D)    (D)       2.0
    500 or more employees      774,968    6,301  295,301   38.1     58.2  479,252     61.8     98.8      415    0.1      6.1
  Manufacturers                622,106    9,709  231,967   37.3     48.3  389,985     62.7     99.7      154    0.0      3.9
    no. employees unknown (3)      165       65       37   22.3     46.2      128     77.7     98.5        0    0.0      0.0
    1 to 19 employees              184      243       66   36.0     19.3      118     64.0     98.8        0    0.0      0.8
    20 to 49 employees             849      923       81    9.6     17.7      767     90.4     99.2        0    0.1      1.0
    50 to 99 employees           3,308    1,542      311    9.4     28.5    2,997     90.6     99.8        0    0.0      1.0
    100 to 249 employees        13,873    2,743    1,639   11.8     39.7(5)12,234  (5)88.2     99.6     (D)    (D)       2.2
    250 to 499 employees        18,424    1,626    3,085   16.7     56.2(5)15,339  (5)83.3     99.8     (D)    (D)       2.4
    500 or more employees      585,303    2,567  226,748   38.7     78.3  358,410     61.2    100.0      145    0.0      9.8
  Wholesalers                  135,148    8,420   41,543   30.7     29.1   93,040     68.8     99.5      565    0.4      2.2
    no. employees unknown (3)      115      130       32   28.2     22.3       82     71.8     99.2        0    0.0      0.8
    1 to 19 employees            3,365    1,375      380   11.3     15.6    2,984     88.7     99.0        0    0.0      0.7
    20 to 49 employees           6,267    1,986      682   10.9     18.8    5,585     89.1     99.6        0    0.0      0.8
    50 to 99 employees           9,066    1,765    1,979   21.8     26.2 (5)7,088  (5)78.2     99.6     (D)    (D)       1.2
    100 to 249 employees        16,208    1,649    2,056   12.7     31.7(5)14,152  (5)87.3     99.6     (D)    (D)       2.5
    250 to 499 employees         7,138      745    1,196   16.8     44.7    5,940     83.2    100.0        2    0.0      2.7
    500 or more employees       92,989      770   35,218   37.9     67.3   57,613     62.0     99.6      157    0.2      9.7

Multiple location companies
  Other companies (4)          119,126    9,917   37,628   31.6     22.4   81,314     68.3     97.7      184    0.2      1.1
    no. employees unknown (3)      124      120       28   22.2     13.3   (5)96   (5)77.8     94.2     (D)    (D)       3.3
    1 to 19 employees            1,149    1,046      177   15.4      9.2      972     84.6     98.3        0    0.0      0.1
    20 to 49 employees           7,487    1,449      563    7.5     11.3    6,893     92.1     98.0       31    0.4      0.8
    50 to 99 employees           2,461    1,388      520   21.1     15.6    1,931     78.5     97.9       10    0.4      0.6
    100 to 249 employees         6,234    1,845    1,745   28.0     18.8 (5)4,489    (5)72     97.5     (D)    (D)       1.0
    250 to 499 employees         5,236    1,139    1,265   24.2     22.6    3,971     75.8     97.5        1    0.0      1.1
    500 or more employees       96,435    2,930   33,331   34.6     38.6   62,991     65.3     97.5      112    0.1      1.9
  Unclassified companies           705      153       86   12.2     22.2      620     87.8     97.4        0    0.0      0.0
Single location companies      270,584  260,548   38,668   14.3     10.2  231,626     85.6     98.2      291    0.1      0.7
    no. employees unknown (3)   92,728  101,437   17,976   19.4      8.7(5)74,752  (5)80.6     97.5     (D)    (D)       0.4
    1 to 19 employees           77,038  109,530    5,770    7.5      8.3   71,124     92.3     98.6      145    0.2      0.8
    20 to 49 employees          31,895   28,399    2,399    7.5     13.2   29,478     92.4     99.0       18    0.1      0.8
    50 to 99 employees          20,292   12,242    2,049   10.1     19.8(5)18,234  (5)89.9     99.0     (D)    (D)       0.9
    100 to 249 employees        25,606    6,763    5,146   20.1     27.2   20,445     79.8     98.8       15    0.1      1.0
    250 to 499 employees         9,974    1,399    1,653   16.6     34.9 (5)8,320  (5)83.4     98.1     (D)    (D)       1.3
    500 or more employees       13,052      778    3,675   28.2     33.2    9,376     71.8     98.5        1    0.0      1.0
  Manufacturers                 87,921   63,421   16,981   19.3     13.7   70,905     80.6     99.0       36    0.0      0.5
    no. employees unknown (3)   31,628   15,379    8,144   25.8     14.4   23,479     74.2     98.3        4    0.0      0.4
    1 to 19 employees            6,219   22,998      678   10.9      7.1    5,538     89.0     99.1        3    0.0      0.4
    20 to 49 employees           9,803   13,230      506    5.2     12.9    9,293     94.8     99.3        4    0.0      0.5
    50 to 99 employees          10,210    6,876    1,144   11.2     20.9    9,059     88.7     99.4        7    0.1      0.7
    100 to 249 employees        13,979    3,978    2,233   16.0     31.1(5)11,745    (5)84     99.4     (D)    (D)       1.0
    250 to 499 employees         5,839      726    1,031   17.7     42.4 (5)4,808  (5)82.3     99.0     (D)    (D)       1.2
    500 or more employees       10,243      234    3,244   31.7     61.1    6,998     68.3     99.1        0    0.0      1.7
  Wholesalers                  113,047   86,626   12,364   10.9     11.1  100,556     89.0     98.8      127    0.1      1.0
    no. employees unknown (3)   29,064   28,292    4,341   14.9      8.6   24,713     85.0     98.4       10    0.0      0.5
    1 to 19 employees           50,014   46,846    3,211    6.4     10.3   46,717     93.4     98.9       85    0.2      1.1
    20 to 49 employees          16,116    7,938    1,167    7.2     17.2   14,944     92.7     99.4        5    0.0      1.5
    50 to 99 employees           6,717    2,400      687   10.2     26.6    6,004     89.4     99.4       26    0.4      1.9
    100 to 249 employees         8,096      931    2,401   29.7     35.0    5,693     70.3     99.1        1    0.0      1.6
    250 to 499 employees         1,552      164      379   24.4     40.2    1,174     75.6     99.4        0    0.0      3.7
    500 or more employees        1,489       55      177   11.9     45.5    1,312     88.1     98.2        0    0.0      3.6
  Other companies (4)           64,533  101,379    8,274   12.8      7.5   56,131     87.0     97.4      128    0.2      0.6
    no. employees unknown (3)   27,029   48,800    4,444   16.4      7.1(5)22,584  (5)83.6     97.0     (D)    (D)       0.5
    1 to 19 employees           20,745   39,562    1,878    9.1      6.5   18,811     90.7     97.9       56    0.3      0.7
    20 to 49 employees           5,975    7,225      726   12.1      9.5    5,240     87.7     97.8       10    0.2      0.7
    50 to 99 employees           3,357    2,961      218    6.5     11.9 (5)3,139  (5)93.5     97.9     (D)    (D)       0.4
    100 to 249 employees         3,531    1,844      511   14.5     15.0 (5)3,020  (5)85.5     97.5     (D)    (D)       0.6
    250 to 499 employees         2,583      509      244    9.4     22.4    2,339     90.5     96.3        0    0.0      0.6
    500 or more employees        1,313      478      253   19.2     18.4    1,060     80.8     98.1        0    0.0      0.4
  Unclassified companies         5,083    9,122    1,049   20.6      7.9    4,034     79.4     96.1        0    0.0      0.0


(1) Known value is defined as the portion of U.S. total exports that could be matched to specific companies.
(2) Detail may not sum to 100 percent because companies may export to both related and nonrelated parties.
(3) 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 2008.
(4) Includes manufacturing companies of prepackaged software and books, freight forwarders and other transportation service firms,
business services, engineering and management services, gas and oil extraction companies, coal mining companies, communication services, etc.
(5) Includes corresponding value or percent of adjacent cell (D) suppressed to avoid disclosure.
