Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
Type	Public (NASDAQ: EXPD)
Founded	1979, Seattle, WA
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA
Key people	Peter Rose, Chairman & CEO
Industry	Logisticts Services
Products	Freight Forwarding Services Customs Brokerage
Revenue	$3.902 billion USD (2005)
Operating income	$305 million USD (2005)
Net income	$219 million USD (2005)
Employees	10,566 (2005)
Slogan	You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you.
Website	www.expeditors.com

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. NASDAQ: EXPD is a global logistics and freight forwarding company based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securites (i. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 Government  - Mayor Greg Nickels Area  - City  142. ... Look up Logistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Freight is a term used to classify the transportation of cargo and is typically a commercial process. ... Customs Brokerage is a profession that involves the clearing of goods through customs barriers for importers and exporters (usually businesses). ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), also known as operating income and operating profit, is a term used to describe a companys earnings. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... Look up Logistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 Government  - Mayor Greg Nickels Area  - City  142. ...

Company History

Expeditors was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1979. Expeditors was one of the first companies to marry Customs clearance services with traditional freight forwarding. For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...

Currently, Expeditors has 226 locations worldwide (2005) providing staff of over 10,000 who satisfy the needs of international trade using integrated information systems. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Services include customs clearance, vendor consolidation, air and ocean freight forwarding, insurance, ocean consolidation, distribution, professional services (Tradewin), supply chain software (Tradeflow) and other value-added services. Expeditors' track and trace system is known as exp.o.

Financial Information

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. became a publicly traded company in 1984 with the listing of its shares on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol EXPD (NASDAQ: EXPD) and were named to the NASDAQ 100 in 2002. During their first year as a public company, Expeditors International reported more than $50 million in gross revenues and $2.1 million in net earnings. Expeditors is currently #506 on the Fortune 1000 (2005). Total revenues approached four billion ($3.9 billion) in 2005. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See stock (disambiguation) for other meanings of the term stock A stock, also referred to as a share, is commonly a share of ownership in a corporation. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... It has been suggested that Fortune 500 be merged into this article or section. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The company CEO is Peter Rose, no relation to the baseball player of the same name. Peter Edward Pete Rose, Sr. ...

They are known in the financial services community for their unconventional and entertaining Securities & Exchange Committee Filings - which are rumored to be written by Peter Rose himself - as well as its responses to questions submitted to the company (which are placed on Expeditors' Investor website). SEC is a TLA which can refer to: In general context, an abbreviation for second. ...

See Also

• Globalization
• The Global Economy

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External links

• Expeditors website
• Tradeflow website
• Tradewin website
• exp.o
• Yahoo! Company Profile
• Securities & Exchange Committee Filings (EDGAR database)
• Stock Quote - NASDAQ: EXPD
• 2005 Annual Report