Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#2

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$2.2 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State Global Exporting to china

17%

of Goods Exports 2022

6%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#6

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#13

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#10

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#29

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#2

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$2.2 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State global exporting to china

17%

of Goods Exports 2022

6%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#6

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#13

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#10

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#29

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Cedar Rapids/Tangshan
  • Davenport/Langfang
  • Des Moines/Shijiazhuang
  • Dubuque/Handan
  • Muscatine/Zhengding

Sister Partnership

Iowa

Hebei

Export Details

2022

Goods Exports

$4 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +15%

1

Oil Seeds & Grains ($3.1B)

+19%

2

Meat Products ($353M)

-2%

3

Pharmaceuticals & Medicines ($119M)

+124%

2021
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Service Exports

$258 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2023) -3%

1

Education ($79M)

-25%

2

Royalties from Industrial Processes ($58M)

+0%

3

Misc. Financial Services ($24M)

-11%

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Jobs

32,830

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

4,600

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

+35

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

1

Smithfield Foods

2

Henniges Automotive

3

Hz Windpower

Education


(IIE Open Doors 2023)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

  1. Iowa State University
  2. University of Iowa
  3. Grinnell College

1,643

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$79 Million

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

Chinese-American Population

1,643

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

The exporting of Ag. and Construction Machinery from Iowa to China more than doubled from 2021 to 2022

$298 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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