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The July Trade Update from TradeRoots is now available online.  Click here to read the full issue.

BY: CityBusiness staff reports

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport posted its third straight year-over-year increase in passenger numbers in May, according to the figures released Tuesday.

The airport saw 747,184 passengers in May compared with 693,697 in May 2009. The number of Read more »

On July 26, the Brookings Institution released a new report on the impact metropolitan areas can have on the President’s National Export Initiative.

According to the report:

…metropolitan areas produce 84 percent of the nation’s exports, making them the points of leverage for scaling up trade with the wider world. The 100 largest metropolitan areas alone account for over 64 percent of the nation’s exports, including 75 percent of its service exports.

A summary of the report and the full report itself are available for free from the Brookings Institution website.

Tuberculosis, whooping cough, measles, mumps and typhoid fever — these are just a handful of the more than 3,000 cases of potentially infectious diseases logged among airline passengers in the last year. The data was released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and was first reported by USA Today.

While there are no laws prohibiting Read more »

In response to international inquiries, the World Trade Center has compiled this list of Louisiana businesses who supply goods and services related to oil spill clean-up.  If your business would like to be listed, please e-mail your company’s information including products and/or services offered to info@wtcno.org. You may also call (504) 529-1601, ext. 254.

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20 Jul 2010

Brussels – World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 119 million metric tons (mmt) in June. This is 18% higher than June 2009.
World crude steel production in the first six months of 2010 was 706 mmt, 27.9% higher in Read more »

The 41st WTCA General Assembly will take place in Beijing, China, October 10-13. Information on the Assembly is available here.

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 22, 2010
Media Contacts: Carole Dupré, Matt Braud mbraud@la.gov 225.342.3437

TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS INC. TO EXPAND CAPABILITIES AT PORT OF NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS — Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal joined Transportation Consultants Inc., or TCI, Founder and CEO Jack Jensen, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Port of New Orleans President and CEO Gary LaGrange, and Entergy New Orleans President and CEO Charles Rice to announce TCI will use new pellet packaging equipment and increased rail capacity to expand its container traffic capabilities at the Port of New Orleans.

TCI’s expansion is the Read more »

At the request of United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved two pieces of legislation that contain critical funding for Louisiana, including $3 billion for NASA that will help to keep jobs at Michoud Assembly Plant. The Fiscal Year 2011 Read more »