Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#1

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$712 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State Global Exporting to china

28%

of Goods Exports 2022

5%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#16

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#19

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#28

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#42

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#1

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$712 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State global exporting to china

28%

of Goods Exports 2022

5%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#16

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#19

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#28

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#42

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

Partnership

Sister Cities

South Dakota has no sister cities in China.

Sister Partnership

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

South Dakota

Heilongjiang

Export Details

2022

Goods Exports

$1.4 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +14%

1

Oil Seeds & Grains ($1.2B)

+9%

2

Dairy Products ($30M)

+130%

3

Medical Equipment & Supplies ($24M)

+41%

2021

Service Exports

$90 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2023) -1%

1

Credit-Related Services ($28M)

+3%

2

Misc. Financial Services ($25M)

-10%

3

Education ($11M)

-8%

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Jobs

11,890

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

3,400

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

+2

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. South Dakota State University
  2. University of South Dakota-Vermillion
  3. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

<100

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-state

$11 Million

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

Chinese-American Population

2,080

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

At 28%, South Dakota shipped the greatest portion of its total global exporting to China of any Heartland state

<$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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