In preliminary Fiscal Year 2011 figures, Ex-Im Bank reported that it had, for the third straight year, set export finance records in a number of key areas, including overall financing that, for the first time, exceeded $32 billion and supported about $40.6 billion in exports at more than 3,600 U.S. companies

Infrastructure-related financing reached $21 billion, up over 130 percent compared to FY 2008, representing, in part, the effect of the Bank’s emphasis on nine developing countries with rapidly growing infrastructure needs. In particular, the transportation sector FY 2011 volume was $12.4 billion, up from $5.3 billion in FY 2008.

Small business financing rose over 70 percent from $3.3 billion in FY 2008 to $6 billion in FY 2011 and is up $1 billion from last year.