Area companies doing well exporting their products

Exports from area companies have been growing and are strong enough to rank the area 99th out of 369 metropolitan areas in the U.S.

A federal agency released statistics today that showed that local exports were $1.34 billion in 2006, which was an 11 percent increase over 2005.

For the first half of 2007, the latest time period available, local exports totaled $729 million. That places 2007 on a pace to top 2006 by about 9 percent.

For the complete story, see Friday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com.