Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$1.9 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State Global Exporting to china

5%

of Goods Exports 2022

6%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#4

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#9

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#7

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#21

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

$1.9 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State global exporting to china

5%

of Goods Exports 2022

6%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#4

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#9

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#7

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#21

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Baton Rouge/Guiyang
  • Terrebonne/Weihai

Sister Partnership

Louisiana currently does not have a sister state relationship with a province of China

Export Details

2022

Goods Exports

$4.5 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +8%

1

Oil & Gas ($2.9B)

-3%

2

Oilseeds & Grains ($345M)

+32%

3

Petroleum & Coal Products ($343M)

+110%

2021
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Service Exports

$455 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2023) -4%

1

Royalties From Industrial Processes ($115M)

+0%

2

Education ($70M)

-6%

3

Ocean Freight & Port Services ($51M)

+4%

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Jobs

17,810

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

400

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

+22

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

1

Shandong Yuhuang Chemical

2

Information not available

3

Information not available

Education


(IIE Open Doors
2023)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

  1. Louisiana State University and A&M College
  2. Tulane University
  3. University of Louisiana – Lafayette

1,205

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$70 MillioN

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

Chinese-American Population

16,432

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

In 2022, Louisiana’s exporting of Petroleum & Coal Products to China more than doubled

$908 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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