Latin America is a hot market for vision systems. The common applications for the packing industry include the number of items inside packages, cleanliness, and quality control of packaging.

Saudi Arabia, the largest oil producer and exporter in the world, offers excellent opportunities for U.S. exporters of equipment, technology, or know how for the petrochemical industry. Oil exploration and production in Saudi Arabia is still growing at full steam.

Japan, the world’s second largest economy, is the largest market for American exporters, with an import from the U.S. of $59 billion in 2006.

The United States is one of the largest trading partners of Hong Kong with almost 1,100 American firms actively involved in this market. Hong Kong is also a key-location for exporters who wish to enter the Chinese market.

Finland has one of the most developed telecommunications market in Europe and the largest base of mobile phone users as a proportion of the population.

Bolivia is one of the poorest country in South America. The leading sectors for American exporters and investors remain the textiles, hydrocarbons, forestry and wood products, and mining. In the case of hydrocarbons, the best sales prospects include liquefied natural gas (LNG), gas-to-liquids (GTL) where the demand is up to 100.000 bpd plants for export, petrochemicals, and fertilizers.

France has one of the largest economies in the world. It is also one of the most important trading partners of the U.S. In 2005, France has imported goods and services valued at $50.6 billion. In 2007, U.S. exports of goods and services to France reached $99 billion, equal to 6.1% of the total imports in France. The U.S. exports in France have grown constantly.

Argentina has passed through a severe economic crisis in 2001-2002, but in 2007 its gross domestic product (GDP) has grown to an estimated $225 billion. Imports of consumer goods reached $5.147 billions.