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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * CARCAILLET JEAN CLAUDE   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC [EXPD] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior VP-Australasia (Last) (First) (Middle) 1015 THIRD AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/20/2009 (Street) SEATTLE, WA 98104 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/20/2009   M   12,000 A $ 8.02 12,000 D   Common Stock 04/20/2009   G V 12,000 D $ 0 0 D   Common Stock 04/20/2009   G V 12,000 A $ 0 30,686.4561 I (2) (3) by Carcaillet Superannuation Fund

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options (Right to Buy)

$ 8.02

04/20/2009

M(1)

12,000

05/05/2003

05/05/2009

Common Stock

12,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CARCAILLET JEAN CLAUDE 1015 THIRD AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR SEATTLE, WA 98104			Senior VP-Australasia

Signatures

Jean-Claude Carcaillet		04/21/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Reporting person exercised employee stock options which were due to expire May 5, 2009.
(2)	Balance of Common Stock beneficially owned includes 552.3638 shares purchased on July 31, 2008 under Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 15.4696 shares acquired on June 16, 2008 and 23.5241 shares acquired on December 15, 2008 pursuant to the reinvestment of a dividend under Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(3)	These shares are held in The Carcaillet Superannuation Fund of which reporting person acts as trustee. They were previously reported as directly beneficially owned.

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