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International Operations Data Sheets - July 2008

Walmart International 3,171 total units

 

Market Retail Units Date of Entry
Mexico 1,061 November 1991
Puerto Rico 54 August 1992
Canada 307 November 1994
Brazil 316 May 1995
Argentina 24 August 1995
China (*) 207 August 1996
United Kingdom 345 July 1999
Japan 392 March 2002
Costa Rica 154 September 2005
El Salvador 72 September 2005
Guatemala 147 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
Walmart serves more than 49 million international customers weekly in 13 markets outside the continental U.S.

In August 2007, Walmart announced an agreement with Bharti Enterprises to establish a joint venture, Bharti Walmart 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 June 2008, $9.9 billion – an increase of 16.9 percent over the same period last year.

For the first quarter FY 2009 ending 4/30/08: $23.9 billion – an increase of 22 percent over the same period last year. Operating income was $1.04 billion for the quarter, an increase of 15.6 percent over the same period last year.