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International Operational Data Sheet - February 2008

Market Retail Units Date of Entry
Mexico 1,023 November 1991
Puerto Rico 54 August 1992
Canada 305 November 1994
Argentina 21 November 1995
Brazil 313 May 1995
China (*) 202 August 1996
United Kingdom 352 July 1999
Japan 394 March 2002
Costa Rica 149 September 2005
El Salvador 70 September 2005
Guatemala 145 September 2005
Honduras 47 September 2005
Nicaragua 46 September 2005

(*) Includes a 35% interest in Trust-Mart, which operates 101 stores 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 late 2008.

Total International Associates
More than 620,000

Total International Sales
FYE 1/31/08: 90.6 billion – 17.5 percent increase over the previous year. Operating profit was $4.76 billion, an increase of 11.8 percent compared to the previous fiscal year.

For the month of January 2008, $7.18 billion – an increase of 20.8 percent over the same period last year.

For the fourth quarter ending 1/31/08: $27 billion – a 18.8 percent increase over the same period last year. Operating income was $1.74 billion for the quarter, an increase of 14.5 percent over the same period last year.