Foreign Sales by U.S. Companies on the Rise, Says S&P 44.2% of Sales Now Generated Overseas New York, July 9, 2007 â Standard & Poorâs, the worldâs leading index provider, announced today that for fiscal year 2006, S&P 500 companies with full reporting information posted 44.2% of their sales from outside of the United States -- nearly 37% more than reported five years ago in 2001. The data is based upon 238 companies within the S&P 500 that have full reporting information. http://www2.standardandpoors.com/spf/pdf/index/070907_SP500FOREIGN.pdf S&P: Foreign Sales by U.S. Companies Continue to Rise New York, July 14, 2009 â Standard & Poorâs, the worldâs leading index provider, announced today that for fiscal year 2008, S&P 500 companies with full reporting information posted 47.9% of their sales from outside of the United States versus 45.8% in 2007 and 43.6% in 2006. The data is derived from the 253 companies within the S&P 500 that have full reporting information. http://www2.standardandpoors.com/spf/pdf/index/20090714_SP500-FGN-SALES-2008_PR.pdf This years report is due in short time...Keep tuned.