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Exports Support Jobs for Mississippi's WorkersExport-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 5.1 percent of Mississippi's total private-sector employment. Over one-eighth (13.1 percent) of all manufacturing workers in Mississippi depend on exports for their jobs. (2006 data are the latest available.) Note: Export-related employment data shown do not include manufacturing and non-manufacturing jobs involved in the export of non-manufactured goods, such as farm products, minerals, and services sold to foreign buyers. Indirect exports exclude imported items. The complete 2006 export-related employment series is available on our Export Related Jobs pages. Additional information on methodology used in the export-related employment series can be found in the U.S. Census Bureau's publication Exports from Manufacturing Establishments: 2006. Source: State Export-Related Employment Project, International Trade Administration and Bureau of the Census. |
Exports Sustain More Than One Thousand Mississippi BusinessesA total of 1,111 companies exported goods from Mississippi locations in 2006. Of those, 799 (72 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with fewer than 500 employees. SMEs generated over one-fourth (29 percent) of Mississippi's total exports of merchandise in 2006. Source: International Trade Administration and Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division: Exporter Database. |
Foreign Investment Creates Jobs in MississippiIn 2006, foreign-controlled companies employed 25,700 workers in Mississippi. Major sources of Mississippi's foreign investment in 2006 were Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. Nearly half of these jobs (46 percent, or 11,700 workers) were in the manufacturing sector in 2006. Foreign-controlled companies accounted for 6.6 percent of total manufacturing employment in Mississippi in 2006. Foreign investment in Mississippi was responsible for 2.7 percent of the state’s total private-industry employment in 2006. Note: All figures exclude employment in banks affiliated with foreign companies. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
Mississippi Depends on World MarketsMississippi's export shipments of merchandise in 2007 totaled $5.2 billion, up $2.6 billion (103 percent) from 2003. That is the eighth largest percentage increase among the 50 states over that period. Mississippi exported to 168 foreign destinations in 2007. The state's largest markets that year were our NAFTA trading partners, Canada and Mexico. Canada received $1.3 billion in merchandise exports from Mississippi, while Mexico received $736 million. Together these two markets accounted for over one-third (39 percent) of Mississippi's total merchandise exports in 2007. Other top markets included China ($349 million), Belgium ($236 million), and Turkey ($233 million).
Chemical manufactures is Mississippi's leading export category, recording
exports of $1.0 billion in 2007. Other top manufactured exports that
year were computers and electronic products ($742 million), paper products
($503 million), and machinery manufactures ($484 million).
Source: Revised Origin of Movement State Export Series, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division. Caution: The Origin of Movement series allocates exports
to states based on transportation origin, i.e., the state from which
goods began their journey to the port (or other point) of exit from
the United States. The transportation origin of exports is not always
the same as the location where the goods were produced. Consequently,
conclusions about "export production" in a state should not
be made solely on the basis of the Origin of Movement state export figures. |
Mississippi's Metropolitan ExportsIn the first half of 2007, the metropolitan area of Gulfport-Biloxi
exported $358 million in merchandise, 17 percent of Mississippi's total
merchandise exports. Other major metropolitan areas in Mississippi that
exported in the first half of 2007 included Jackson ($269 million),
Pascagoula ($80 million), and Hattiesburg ($55 million). Another metropolitan
area exporter that included some counties of Mississippi was Memphis
(including some counties in Tennessee and Arkansas as well) which exported
$3.9 billion in merchandise in the first half of 2007. Source: International Trade Administration and Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division: Metropolitan Export Series. Caution: The Origin of Movement zip-based series allocates
exports to metropolitan areas based on transportation origin, i.e.,
the metropolitan area from which goods began their journey to the port
(or other point) of exit from the United States. The transportation
origin of exports is not always the same as the location where the goods
were produced. Consequently, conclusions about "export production"
in a metropolitan area should not be made solely on the basis of the
Origin of Movement zip-based export figures. |