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News Release 15-094

Company R&D expenditures in U.S. increased 6.7 percent in 2013

Latest figures show companies invested more of their own funds

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Companies spent $323 billion on research and development performed in the United States during 2013, 6.7 percent more than the $302 billion they spent the previous year. U.S. companies that performed or funded R&D reported domestic net sales of $10 trillion in 2013.

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