Business Minute: International Trade Survey of Connecticut Businesses

Nearly 6,000 state companies export, achieving record levels in 2013 with trade in commodities reaching $16.5 billion. These companies also contributed to an all-time high of $2.3 trillion in U.S. exports that same year. Jim Kask, partner at CohnReznick, and Christopher Buchholz, market manager at Santander Bank, discuss findings of this year’s International Trade Survey of Connecticut Businesses.

• Value of International Trade
• Biggest Foreign Markets
• Who is Exporting and Why?
• Risk and Challenges
• Minimizing Risk