Thuringian businesses will soon be exporting more goods and services. At the 9th Thuringian Außenwirtschaftstag (Exporter's Day) in Weimar around 160 decision makers representing local government and business were offered an interesting seminar and workshop program by experts in NAFTA subjects. It is planned to make more business contacts and develop inward and outward trade with partners in Canada, the United States and Mexico, the three markets that signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Thuringian businesses have a lot to offer the NAFTA countries in the way of stateof-the-art technology in sectors such as optics, engineering, medical technology,plastics, automotive industries and more. Presently, more than 300 Thuringian companies are exporting goods and services to the US, while the number of companies exporting to the NAFTA region as a whole is 450.
