Cargo Preference: Effects of U.S. Export-Import Cargo Preference Laws on Exporters

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the frequency of exemptions from cargo preference laws for U.S. Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) financed exports in 1990 through 1992; and (2) whether Eximbank cargo preference requirements adversely affected Eximbank's efforts to assist U.S. exporters, particularly those in the Midwest.