General Outlook Statement for 2007

We are pegging America's GDP growth at 2.2% for 2007. We expect the currently weakening dollar to re-stabilize with continued discipline by the Federal Reserve to control money supply growth. Inflation pressure is lessening as oil supply inventories continue to build. We expect steel prices to remain stable and the huge spike in cost for aluminum, copper and zinc will decline, but these metals will remain well above their historical cost averages. Demand pull from the USA will remain strong for China manufactured product in 2007.

We are planning pricing based on an RMB range of 7.8-7.9 per USD and expect the recently reduced export tax rebate regime to remain stable for 2007. We would expect that the export tax rebate regime is more likely to change before the RMB would be re-valued.

In 2006 we saw a marked trend of USA based companies setting up supply chains in China to gain price competitiveness for sales of their products in the domestic China and Asian markets. We expect this trend to continue and strengthen in 2007 and EXIM will remain committed to helping clients improve this aspect of their global business.

EXIM will continue to focus on metal fabrication and construction equipment parts supply as its core competency. In 2006 we also developed additional capacity in plastics with a focus on industrial films, and packaging,

We will continue encourage projects that have a high labor build time relative to value. We will continue to focus on "custom" solutions for unique customer problems with less emphasis on commodity supply.