Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#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

15%

of Goods Exports 2022

7%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#18

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#18

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#32

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#39

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#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

15%

of Goods Exports 2022

7%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#18

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#18

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#32

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#39

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Little Rock/Changchun

Sister Partnership

Arkansas

Henan

Export Details

2022

Goods Exports

$1.1 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +28%

1

Oil Seeds & Grains ($755M)

+22%

2

Misc. Crops ($152M)

+223%

3

Meat Products ($75M)

+22%

2021

Service Exports

$96 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +5%

1

Education ($37M)

-9%

2

Trademark Royalties ($12M)

-20%

3

Equipment Installation & Maintenance ($9.4M)

-14%

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Jobs

8,350

Jobs supported by exports to China in 2021 (USCBC Export Report 2023)

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 2023)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

  1. University of Arkansas – Fayetteville
  2. Southern Arkansas University – Magnolia
  3. Arkansas State University – Jonesbro

289

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$37 Million

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

Chinese-American Population

8,337

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

Arkansas’ highest year on record for goods exporting to China was 2012 at $1.4 billion

<$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 2023.


For information relating to Chinese companies operating in-state: Rhodium Group and National Committee on U.S. China Relations’ “New Neighbors: 2018 Update”.


For information relating to Chinese international students: Open Doors’ 2023 Annual Data.


For the population of Chinese Americans in-state: APIAVote’s “2022 AAPI Voter Demographics by State


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


For sister city relationship information: Asia Matters for America by the East-West Center.


For foreign land ownership legislation: Mykel R. Taylor, Wendong Zhang, and Festus Attah. 2023. “Foreign Interests in U.S. Agricultural Lands: The Missing Conversations about Leasing.”

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