Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$1.6 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2017

% State Global Exporting to china

9%

of Goods Exports 2022

8%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#11

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#14

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#20

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#31

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

$1.6 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2017

% State global exporting to china

9%

of Goods Exports 2022

7%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#11

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#14

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#20

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#31

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Louisville/Chengdu & Jiujang
  • Morehead/Yangshuo

Sister Partnership

Kentucky

Jiangxi

Export Details

2022

Goods Exports

$3 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +9%

1

Aerospace Products & Parts ($1.1B)

+10%

2

Oil Seeds & Grains ($465M)

+18%

3

Resins & Synthetic Fibers ($178M)

+53%

2021
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Service Exports

$215 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2023) -6%

1

Education ($83M)

-31%

2

Royalties from Industrial Processes ($29M)

+3%

3

Trademark Royalties ($19M)

+11%

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Jobs

15,620

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

10,000

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

+28

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

1

GE Appliance Park 6000+ jobs

2

Lexmark 1600+ jobs

3

Smithfield Foods 1,200 jobs

Education


(IIE Open Doors 2023)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

  1. University of Kentucky
  2. University of Louisville
  3. Northern Kentucky University

1,142

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$83 MilliON

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

Chinese-American Population

12,715

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

At $1.1 billion, Kentucky led the Heartland Region in exporting Aerospace Products & Parts to China in 2022

$9.5 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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