Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$2.1 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State Global Exporting to china

9%

of Goods Exports 2022

5%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#8

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#10

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#15

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#24

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

$2.1 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State global exporting to china

9%

of Goods Exports 2022

5%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#8

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#110

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#15

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#24

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Chattanooga/Wuxi
  • Nashville/Chengdu & Taiyuan

Sister Partnership

Tennessee

Tennessee

Shanxi

Export Details

2022

Goods Exports

$3.6 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +11%

1

Medical Equipment & Supplies ($702m)

+11%

2

Navigational & Measuring Instruments ($536M)

+4%

3

Resins & Synthetic Fibers ($366M)

+26%

2021
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Service Exports

$405 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +8%

1

Education ($86M)

+1%

2

Royalties from Industrial Processes ($49M)

-2%

3

Misc. Business, Prof. & Tech ($41M)

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Jobs

19,480

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

2,150

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

+70

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. Vanderbilt University
  2. University of Tennessee – Knoxville
  3. University of Memphis

19,480

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$86 Million

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

Chinese-American Population

25,373

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

At $702 million, Tennessee was the top exporter of Medical Equipment & Supplies to China in the Heartland Region for 2022

$1.9 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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