US Information Technology Exports Increase in 2018, Overall Growth Slows, Report Says

Information technology exports from the U.S. increased by 2.5 percent to an estimated $338 billion from 2017 to 2018, but export growth in that sector slowed, according to a 2019 technology trade report from the Computing Technology Industry Association. The report said growth slowed “slightly” compared to the 2017 rate of 4.5 percent. Since 2010, the report said, exports in the information technology sector experienced a 23 percent “aggregate growth” and added about “$65 billion in new earnings.”