ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico
Population: 557,165
Unemployment: 6.8 percent
Closest Port: Albuquerque International Sunport

Albuquerque has been aggressive about getting its export numbers up—New Mexico’s largest city has been part of making the s
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas
Population: 183,046
Unemployment: 7.1 percent
Closest Port: Port of Brownsville

Home to one of the country’s top performing Foreign Trade Zones—FTZ No. 62 ranked tops in 2013 for exports to foreign countries—Brownsville is a member of th
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CASPER, Wyoming
Population: 60,086
Unemployment: 4.7 percent
Closest Port: Casper/Natrona County International Airport

Though local exports have yet to crack the $1 billion mark, Casper’s foreign trade growth is impressive nonetheless, expanding by nearly 13 p
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
Population: 809,958
Unemployment: 5.9 percent
Closest Port: Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Through Charlotte’s Export Assistance Center’s Gold Key Service, small business owners are introduced to potential export markets by
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DENVER, Colorado
Population: 663,862
Unemployment: 4.3 percent
Closest Port: Denver International Airport

The Mile High City certainly gets it when it comes to getting local businesses overseas. Through the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development and Internatio
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EL PASO, Texas
Population: 679,036
Unemployment: 5.3 percent
Closest Port: El Paso International Airport

Keeping with its unique status as a border city, El Paso’s most effective program may be one provided by its neighbor. Mexico’s Maquiladora Program allow
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FLAGSTAFF, Arizona
Population: 68,785
Unemployment: 6.5 percent
Closest Port: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

Flagstaff’s consistent growth, nearly 10 percent in exports over the past 10 years, owes much to a wide range of programs, such as the Infras
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GREENVILLE, South Carolina
Population: 61,397
Unemployment: 6.1 percent
Closest Port: Port of Charleston

Upstate SC Alliance, a Greenville-based economic development organization, announced this year that it would also now focus on helping local companies expand
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas
Population: 1,436,697
Unemployment: 3.8 percent
Closest Port: Port of Corpus Christi

San Antonio’s central location, low taxes and close proximity to Latin America give it advantages that it, well, does everything to take advantage of. Consi
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio
Population: 65,184
Unemployment: 5.9 percent
Closest Port: Pittsburgh International Airport

Youngstown was at the forefront of the development of the Ohio-Pennsylvania Stateline Export Initiative, an assistance, promotion and education program t
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