Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2021

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$2.1 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2021

% State Global Exporting to china

9%

of Goods Exports 2021

6%

of Service Exports 2020

State Ranking in Heartland

#8

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#11

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

State Ranking in U.S.

#19

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#26

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2021

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$2.1 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2021

% State global exporting to china

9%

of Goods Exports 2021

6%

of Service Exports 2020

State Ranking in Heartland

#8

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#11

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

State Ranking in U.S.

#19

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#26

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Chattanooga/Wuxi
  • Nashville/Chengdu & Taiyuan

Sister Partnership

Tennessee

Tennessee

Shanxi

Export Details

2021

Goods Exports

$3.2 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2022) +11%

1

Medical Equipment & Supplies ($628m)

+37%

2

Navigational & Measuring Instruments ($511M)

+38%

3

Basic Chemicals ($387M)

+33%

2020
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Service Exports

$369 Million

(USCBC Export Report 2022) -47%

1

Education ($85M)

-17%

2

Royalties from Industrial Processes ($50M)

+19%

3

Misc. Freight & Port Services ($40M)

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Jobs

17,200

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

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

1,744

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$85 Million

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

Chinese-American Population

19,575

(APIAVote 2020)

Goods Exporting

At $628M, Tennessee was the top exporter of medical equipment and supplies to China in 2021 of any Heartland state

$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 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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