United States exports of packaging machinery from January to December 2008 were up 9.5 % from the same period in 2007, totaling US $ 950 million. The data was provided by PMMI, a North American trade association with more than 550 member companies that manufacture packaging and packaging-related converting machinery. It also showed U.S. imports reached US $ 2 billion, a slight increase of 27 %.
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