U.S. Construction Equipment Exports up 48 Percent

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reports that U.S. exports of construction equipment continued to grow in 2011 and ended the first half of the year up 48 percent compared to January-June of 2010. Total construction machinery exports at midyear were $11 billion.

AEM an off-road equipment manufacturing trade group consolidates U.S. Commerce Department data with other sources into member global trend reports.