USbusiness firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in WesternEurope and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to layoff surplusworkers, and to develop new products. It is the second largest economy in theworld in PPP GDP terms and the third largest populous in the world.
Total export of USA stood at US$ 1,289,059 million in 2010 which had increased by 20 per cent from 2009 and import were to the tune of US$ 1,935,599 million, almost 23 per cent higher than 2009. USA exported around 2 per cent of total export to India and in import from the world, India accounted for less than 1.5 per cent. India's share in USA's export has increased by 0.2 per cent in 2010 from 2009 while its share in import has remained stagnant since 2009.
Originally Publishedin Apparel India, April-2011
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