US capital goods exports hit a record $710.3 billion in 2025, and every stage of the chain is financed
US capital goods exports reached a record $710.3 billion in 2025. Industrial trade is financed at three points: supplier finance programs upstream, export credit agency terms for the foreign buyer, and dealer inventory finance downstream.
South and Central America runs a US surplus on $214,935.4 million of 2025 exports, while Mexico runs a deficit
US goods exports to South and Central America were $214,935.4 million in 2025, a US surplus of $51,731.3 million, while Mexico ran a US deficit. EXIM buyer credit and USDA GSM-102 help Latin American buyers pay over time.
Every trade has a buyer and a seller, and banks, insurers and agencies fill the roles between them
Under a letter of credit the importer is the applicant and the exporter the beneficiary. Under a collection the exporter is the principal, working through remitting, collecting and presenting banks. Factors, insurers and export credit agencies fill the roles between.