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International Operations Data Sheet - September 2008

Walmart International 3,210 total units

Market Retail Units Date of Entry
Mexico 1,081 November 1991
Puerto Rico 55 August 1992
Canada 309 November 1994
Brazil 320 May 1995
Argentina 24 August 1995
China (*) 208 August 1996
United Kingdom 347 July 1999
Japan 392 March 2002
Costa Rica 156 September 2005
El Salvador 74 September 2005
Guatemala 149 September 2005
Honduras 48 September 2005
Nicaragua 47 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 August 2008, $7.6 billion – an increase of 13.3 percent over the same period last year.

For the second quarter FY 2009 ending 7/31/08: $25.3 billion – an increase of 16.9 percent over the same period last year. Operating income was $1.2 billion for the quarter, an increase of 16.5 percent over the same period last year.