Port of Virginia facilities point the way to and from major United States markets: long a popular call for trans-Atlantic container ships unloading East Coast-destined cargo and picking up outbound goods, in recent years China has topped the TEU charts on both imports and exports. Belgium ranks second as an export destination.(Company overview)

Quick Frozen Foods International,  April, 2008  by Saulnier, John M.

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Virginia," as the 1970s advertising slogan proclaimed, "is for lovers." That may well still be tree, but in recent years it has also become a place where companies love to conduct business.

Indeed, the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic USA state placed No. 1 in recent Forbes.com "Best State for Business" rankings as well as in CNBC's "Top State for Business" poll. Forbes.com calculates that the expense of doing business in Virginia is 9% lower than the national average, while tax and energy costs are the seventh and ninth lowest in the nation.

That ...

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