Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#2

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$642 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State Global Exporting to china

14%

of Goods Exports 2022

6%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#18

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#21

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#32

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#47

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

$642 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State global exporting to china

14%

of Goods Exports 2022

6%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#18

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#21

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#32

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#47

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

Partnership

Sister Cities

North Dakota has no sister cities in China.

Sister Partnership

North Dakota currently does not have a sister state relationship with a province of China.

Export Details

2022

Goods Exports

$1.1 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +8%

1

Oil Seeds & Grains ($1.1B)

+10%

2

Ag. & Construction Machinery ($6M)

+50%

3

Meat Products ($3.4M)

2021

Service Exports

$57 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2023) -9%

1

Education ($13M)

-7%

2

Misc. Freight & Port Services ($8M)

-5%

3

Operational Leasing ($8M)

+6%

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Jobs

10,670

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

N/A

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

N/A

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

1

Information not available

2

Information not available

3

Information not available

Education


(IIE Open Doors 2023)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

  1. North Dakota State University – Fargo
  2. University of North Dakota – Grand Forks
  3. Minot State University

<100

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$13 Million

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

Chinese-American Population

2,043

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

Oilseeds and grains accounted for nearly the entirety of North Dakota’s goods exporting to China in 2022

<$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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