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Exports Support Jobs for Arizona's Workers Exports Sustain Thousands of Arizona Businesses Foreign Investment Benefits Arizona Arizona Depends on World Markets Arizona's Metropolitan Exports |
Exports Support Jobs for Arizona's WorkersExport-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 4.2 percent of Arizona's total private-sector employment. Almost one-quarter (23.9 percent) of all manufacturing workers in Arizona 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. Source: State Export-Related Employment Project, International Trade Administration and Bureau of the Census. |
Exports Sustain Thousands of Arizona BusinessesA total of 4,732 companies exported from Arizona locations in 2006. Of those, 4,147 (88 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees. Small and medium-sized firms generated one-fifth (20 percent) of Arizona'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 ArizonaIn 2006, foreign-controlled companies employed 71,100 workers in Arizona. Major sources of foreign investment in Arizona in 2006 included the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, and Switzerland. Nearly one-fifth of these jobs (18 percent, or 13,000 workers) were in the manufacturing sector. Approximately one of every fourteen manufacturing workers (6.9 percent) in Arizona were employed by foreign-controlled companies in 2006. Foreign investment in Arizona was responsible for 3.1 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. |
Arizona Depends on World MarketsArizona's export shipments of merchandise in 2007 totaled $19.2 billion. Arizona ranked 18th among the 50 states in terms of total exports in 2007. Arizona exported globally to 202 foreign destinations in 2007. The state's largest market was NAFTA member Mexico. Arizona posted exports of $5.2 billion to Mexico, over one-quarter (27 percent) of the state's total export shipments in 2007. Mexico was followed by NAFTA member Canada ($2.2 billion), China ($1.3 billion), Singapore ($1.1 billion) and Germany ($1.0 billion).
The state's leading export category is computers and electronic products,
which alone accounted for 40 percent, or $7.6 billion, of Arizona's
total merchandise exports in 2007. Other top manufactured exports that
year were transportation equipment ($3.1 billion); electrical equipment,
appliances, and parts ($1.7 billion); and machinery manufactures ($1.3
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. |
Arizona's Metropolitan ExportsIn the first half of 2007, the metropolitan area of Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale
exported $6.7 billion in merchandise, 75 percent of Arizona's total
merchandise exports. Other major metropolitan areas in Arizona that
exported in the first half of 2007 included Tucson ($1.3 billion), Yuma
($125 million), and Flagstaff ($39 million). 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. |