Mahoning Valley doing well at exporting

Mahoning Valley doing well at exporting

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley has a head start on much of the rest of the country in terms of export growth, and there is a lot of growth potential that remains.

The Mahoning Valley is doing a lot of things right when it comes to exports, said Fred Hochberg, one of two keynote speakers at the TechBelt Export Summit today at Fellows Riverside Gardens in Youngstown. The purpose of the event was to make business leaders knowledgeable about the local, state and federal assistance available to them to export their products.

Between 2009 and 2010 there was a 20 percent growth in exports in this area, said Francisco J. Sanchez, United States under secretary of commerce for international trade, the other keynote speaker for the event.

“You’re on the right track,” he said.