Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2021

#1

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$712 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2021

% State Global Exporting to china

29%

of Goods Exports 2021

6%

of Service Exports 2020

State Ranking in Heartland

#16

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#19

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

State Ranking in U.S.

#35

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#42

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2021

#1

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$712 Million

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2021

% State global exporting to china

29%

of Goods Exports 2021

6%

of Service Exports 2020

State Ranking in Heartland

#16

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#19

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

State Ranking in U.S.

#35

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#42

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

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

2021

Goods Exports

$1.2 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2022) +24%

1

Oil Seeds & Grains ($1.1B)

+26%

2

Meat Products ($47M)

-26%

3

Medical Equipment & Supplies ($17M)

2020
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Service Exports

$93 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2022) -28%

1

Misc. Financial Services ($28M)

+33%

2

Credit-Related Services ($27M)

-25%

3

Education ($12M)

-14%

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Jobs

10,800

Jobs supported by exports to China in 2020 (USCBC Export Report 2022)

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 2022)

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

85

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-state

$12 Million

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

Chinese-American Population

1,866

(APIAVote 2020)

Goods Exporting

At 29%, South Dakota shipped the greatest portion of it’s 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 2022.

For information relating to Chinese-owned operations in-state: Rhodium Group and NCUSR’s 2018 Report.

For information relating to Chinese international students: Open Door’s 2022 Annual Data.

For the population of Chinese Americans in-state: APIAVote’s 2020 AAPI Numbers and Facts Report or https://population.com/ if the report did not have the data.

For FDI: Rhodium Group’s US-China Investment Hub.

For sister city relationship information: Asia Matters for America.
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