Which of the following would be recorded as a U.S. merchandise export?
A) An American tourist spends 10,000 francs on vacation in the south of France.
B) A machine shop in Ohio purchases a grinder made in Italy.
C) An American receives a $50 dividend check on stock she owns in a business in Germany.
D) The U.S. government subsidizes American farmers for planting corn for export.
E) France purchases a new jet fighter aircraft from the Boeing Company in the United States.

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Merchandise exports refer to the sale of goods to foreign countries. France purchasing a jet fighter from Boeing, a U.S. company, counts as a U.S. merchandise export because it involves the physical transfer of goods from the U.S. to another country.

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