Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2021

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$950 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2012

% State Global Exporting to china

13%

of Goods Exports 2021

7%

of Service Exports 2020

State Ranking in Heartland

#20

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#18

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

State Ranking in U.S.

#42

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#41

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2021

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$950 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2012

% State global exporting to china

13%

of Goods Exports 2021

7%

of Service Exports 2020

State Ranking in Heartland

#20

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#18

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

State Ranking in U.S.

#42

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#41

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Little Rock/Changchun

Sister Partnership

Arkansas

Henan

Export Details

2021

Goods Exports

$900 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2022) +1%

1

Oil Seeds & Grains ($617M)

+3%

2

Meat Products ($61M)

+3%

3

Misc. Crops ($47M)

-16%

2020
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Service Exports

$94 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2022) -39%

1

Education ($41M)

-16%

2

Equipment Installation & Maintenance ($11M)

-21%

3

Trademark Royalties ($10M)

-16%

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Jobs

8,900

Jobs supported by exports to China in 2020 (USCBC Export Report 2022)

170

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

+18

Chinese companies operating in-state (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

1

American Tubing 200-299 employees

2

TY Garments 50-99 employees

3

Syngenta 11-49 employees

Education

(IIE Open Doors 2022)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

  1. University of Arkansas – Fayetteville
  2. Arkansas State University – Jonesboro
  3. University of Arkansas – Little Rock

274

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$41 Million

Estimated revenue added by Chinese International Students (USCBC Export Report 2022)

Chinese-American Population

6,427

(APIA Vote)

Goods Exporting

Pulp & paperboard mill products dropped from the state’s list of Top 5 exports to China in 2021

<$50 million

Chinese Foreign Direct Investment from 1990-2020

(Rhodium Group’s US-China Investment Hub)

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For the states’ trade statistics: USCBC Export Report 2022.

For information relating to Chinese-owned operations in-state: Rhodium Group and NCUSR’s 2018 Report.

For information relating to Chinese international students: Open Door’s 2022 Annual Data.

For the population of Chinese Americans in-state: APIAVote’s 2020 AAPI Numbers and Facts Report or https://population.com/ if the report did not have the data.

For FDI: Rhodium Group’s US-China Investment Hub.

For sister city relationship information: Asia Matters for America.
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