Lincoln County is located in an ideal geographic location between Canada and Mexico, offering the ability to capitalize on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) opporunities.  At just over $2.7 billion in 2007, exports to NAFTA partners represents one third of Colorado's total export value.

• Total Exports: Colorado exports declined slightly in 2007 to $7.35 billion, which is down from a record high of $7.96 billion in 2006.
• Trading Partners: Colorado's five largest training partners in 2007 were Canada ($1.77 billion), Mexico ($949 million), China ($488 million), Japan ($359 million), and Taiwan ($329 million). 
• Product Exports: Colorado's top two exports include electronic integrated circuits and microassembly parts ($821 million) and automatic data processing machiens ($510 million) followed by print machines, medical instruments and animal products.