Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$637 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2021

% State Global Exporting to china

10%

of Goods Exports 2022

4%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#18

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#6

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#32

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#18

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

$637 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2021

% State global exporting to china

10%

of Goods Exports 2022

4%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#18

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#6

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#32

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#18

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Arvada/Jinzhou
  • Boulder/Lhasa
  • Commerce City/Nanning
  • Denver/Kunming
  • Pueblo/Weifang

Sister Partnership

Colorado

Hunan

Export Details

2022

Goods Exports

$1.1 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) -1%

1

Meat Products ($421M)

+10%

2

Oil Seeds & Grains ($158M)

-8%

3

Navigational & Measuring Instruments ($289M)

-9%

2021
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Service Exports

$588 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +6%

1

Education ($106M)

-17%

2

Software Distribution Royalties ($82M)

+26%

3

Misc. Personal & Recreational ($66M)

+32%

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Jobs

11,420

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

1,000

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

+30

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

1

Sogiant Petroequip USA

2

Information not available

3

Information not available

Education


(IIE Open Doors 2023)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

  1. University of Colorado – Boulder
  2. Colorado State University
  3. University of Colorado – Denver

1,269

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$106 Million

Estimated revenue added by Chinese International Students (USCBC Export Report 2023)

Chinese-American Population

47,588

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

Colorado was one of only three Heartland states to experience growth in the exporting of Meat Products to China in 2022

$1.92 Billion

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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