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TEXAS EXPORTS
While the nation's balance of trade has been declining, Texas has increased its exports by a half-billion dollars in the past four years. Undersecretary of Commerce Robert McClellan cited those figures in presenting an award to the Texas Industrial which was accepted by Governor Preston Smith before a joint session of the Legilsature. McClellan said Texas ranks numberone in export of chemical and petroleum products and number two in agricultural exports. Exports of Texas products totaled about one-and-