In 2007, the United States exported a record $153.8 billion worth of chemistry products, and imported $155.1 billion worth of chemistry products.
CHEMTREC® has established, long-standing relationships with several foreign emergency centers as well as cooperative relationships with international chemical industry associations. These relationships help us gather and share needed information in cases where an incident involves a foreign shipment.
CHEMTREC works with international associations to encourage other countries to follow the US industry example and establish CHEMTREC-like centers where none exist. In recent years, CHEMTREC sent representatives to China, South Korea, Europe, and Thailand. We have hosted delegations from Singapore, Japan, Argentina, Venezuela, and other countries. This is an effort that we will continue to pursue, even more aggressively now than in the past.
As the global economy becomes more commonplace and new participants enter the market, CHEMTREC is continuing to build new relationships with international manufacturers, shippers and emergency response organizations, as well as offer expanded services for shippers who ship globally.