Expanding trade with partners on six continents.
Metro Denver is strategically located between Canada and Mexico to capitalize on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) opportunities. Exports to NAFTA partners totaled just over $2.7 billion in 2007, representing over one-third of Colorado's total export value.
2007 Export Summary
- Total Exports - Colorado exports declined slightly in 2007 to $7.35 billion, down from a record high of $7.96 billion in 2006.
- Trading Partners - Colorado’s five largest trading partners and export value in 2007 are Canada ($1.77 billion), Mexico ($950 million), China ($488 million), Japan ($359 million), and Taiwan ($329 million). Colorado companies shipped 40.4 percent of the state’s exports to the other countries of the Americas, followed by 31.5 percent to Asia, 22.7 percent to Europe, 3 percent to the Middle East and Africa, and 2.4 percent to Australia/Oceania.
- Exported Products - Colorado’s top-two exports include electronic integrated circuits ($821 million) and automatic data processing machines ($511 million). Colorado's merchandise exports demonstrated growth of 5.2 percent in 2007, led by increased exports of print machines, medical devices, molybdenum ores, and animal products.