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International Operational Data Sheet - April 2008

INTERNATIONAL DATA SHEET
April 2008

Wal-Mart International    3,132 total units

Market Retail Units Date of Entry
Mexico 1,026 November 1991
Puerto Rico 54 August 1992
Canada 305 November 1994
Argentina 23 November 1995
Brazil 315 May 1995
China (*) 205 August 1996
United Kingdom 353 July 1999
Japan 392 March 2002
Costa Rica 150 September 2005
El Salvador 71 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.

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 March 2008, $9.47 billion – an increase of 18.7 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.