October 11, 2007
Wal-Mart International 2,982 total units
Market Retail Units Date of Entry
Mexico 959 November 1991
Puerto Rico 54 August 1992
Canada 293 November 1994
Argentina 17 November 1995
Brazil 299 May 1995
China (*) 190 August 1996
United Kingdom 342 July 1999
Japan 393 March 2002
Costa Rica 144 September 2005
El Salvador 65 September 2005
Guatemala 139 September 2005
Honduras 45 September 2005
Nicaragua 42 September 2005
(*) Includes a 35% interest in Trust-Mart, which operates 101 stores in 34 cities in China.
Trade Territory
Wal-Mart serves more than 49 million international customers weekly in 13 markets outside the continental U.S.
Total International Associates
More than 550,000
Total International Sales FYE 1/31/07: 77.1 billion – 30.2 percent increase over the previous year. Operating profit was $4.2 billion, an increase of 21.5 percent compared to the previous fiscal year.
For the month of September 2007, $8.89 billion – a 20.1% increase over the same period last year.
For the second quarter ending 7/31/07: $21.6 billion – 15.7 percent increase over the same period last year. Operating income was $1 billion for the quarter, an increase of 5.1 percent over over the same period last year.