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Exports Support Jobs for Pennsylvania WorkersExport-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 4.3 percent of Pennsylvania's total private-sector employment. One-sixth (16.8 percent) of all manufacturing workers in Pennsylvania 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 Thousands of Pennsylvania BusinessesA total of 11,358 companies exported goods from Pennsylvania locations in 2006. Of those, 10,028 (88 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with fewer than 500 employees. SMEs generated 29 percent of Pennsylvania'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 PennsylvaniaIn 2006, foreign-controlled companies employed 249,000 workers in Pennsylvania, the fourth highest total among the 50 states. Major sources of Pennsylvania's jobs in 2006 were the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and France. Nearly one-third of these jobs were in the manufacturing sector (31 percent, or 77,800 workers) in 2006. Foreign-controlled companies accounted for 11.5 percent, more than one-ninth, of total manufacturing employment in Pennsylvania in 2006. Foreign investment in Pennsylvania was responsible for 4.8 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. |
Pennsylvania Depends on World MarketsPennsylvania's export shipments of merchandise in 2007 totaled $29.2 billion. Pennsylvania posted the eleventh largest export total among the 50 states that year. Pennsylvania's $13.0 billion increase in exports from 2003 to 2007 was the eighth largest among the 50 states. Pennsylvania exported to 211 foreign destinations in 2007. The state's top two markets that year were our NAFTA trading partners, Canada and Mexico. The state shipped $9.3 billion worth of export merchandise to Canada in 2007 (32 percent of the state total) and $2.2 billion of goods to Mexico. Pennsylvania's other top markets in 2007 were Belgium (exports of $1.5 billion), the United Kingdom ($1.3 billion), and China ($1.3 billion).
The state's biggest manufactured export categories that year were chemical
manufactures ($5.2 billion), machinery manufactures ($4.2 billion),
primary metal manufactures ($3.5 billion), and transportation equipment
($3.2 billion). 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. |
Pennsylvania's Metropolitan ExportsIn the first half of 2007, the metropolitan area of Pittsburgh exported
$5.0 billion in merchandise, 29 percent of Pennsylvania's total merchandise
exports. Other major metropolitan areas in Pennsylvania that exported
in the first half of 2007 included York-Hanover ($949 million), Harrisburg-Carlisle
($702 million), and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre ($534 million). Several major
metropolitan area exporters include some counties in Pennsylvania. New
York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (including some parts of New York
and New Jersey) exported $39.7 billion, while Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
(including some parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland) exported
$9.1 billion, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton (including some parts of New
Jersey) exported $1.1 billion, and Youngstown-Warren-Boardman (including
some parts of Ohio) exported $729 million 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. |