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International Operational Data Sheet - November 2007

INTERNATIONAL DATA SHEET
November 2007
 
Wal-Mart International 3,010 total units

Markets Retail Units Date of Entry
Mexico 975 November 1991
Puerto Rico 54 August 1992
Canada 293 November 1994
Argentina 17 November 1995
Brazil 299 May 1995
China (*) 192 August 1996
United Kingdom 347 July 1999
Japan 394 March 2002
Costa Rica 144 September 2005
El Salvador 66 September 2005
Guatemala 140 September 2005
Honduras 45 September 2005
Nicaragua 44 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. 
 
In August 2007, Wal-Mart announced an agreement with Bharti Enterprises to establish a joint venture, Bharti Wal-Mart Private Limited, for wholesale cash-and-carry and back-end supply chain management operations in India. The first wholesale facility in India is targeted to open in 2008.
 
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 October 2007, $7.18 billion – a 19.2 percent increase over the same period last year.
 
For the third quarter ending 10/31/07: $22.4 billion – a 16.9 percent increase over the same period last year. Operating income was $1.08 billion for the quarter, an increase of 8.6 percent over the same period last year.