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Exhibit 99.1

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PRESS RELEASE

By:
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
 
 
1015 Third Avenue, Suite 1200
 
 
Seattle, Washington 98104
 
 
 
 
 
CONTACTS:
 
 
Jeffrey S. Musser
Bradley S. Powell
Geoffrey Buscher
President and Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Director - Investor Relations
(206) 674-3433
(206) 674-3412
(206) 892-4510
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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EXPEDITORS ANNOUNCES SEMI-ANNUAL CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.42

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - May 3, 2017, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPD), today announced that on May 2, 2017, its Board of Directors declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.42 per share, payable on June 15, 2017 to shareholders of record as of June 1, 2017.

Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company employs trained professionals in 177 district offices and numerous branch locations located on six continents linked into a seamless worldwide network through an integrated information management system. Services include the consolidation or forwarding of air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite transportation, order management, warehousing and distribution and customized logistics solutions.