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Exports Support Jobs for Oregon Workers Exports Sustain Thousands of Oregon Businesses Foreign Investment Benefits Oregon Oregon Depends on World Markets Oregon's Metropolitan Exports |
Exports Support Jobs for Oregon WorkersExport-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 7.6 percent of Oregon's total private-sector employment, the fifth highest figure among the 50 states. Over one-fifth (20.5 percent) of all manufacturing workers in Oregon 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 Oregon BusinessesA total of 4,190 companies exported goods from Oregon locations in 2006. Of those, 3,703 companies, or 88 percent, were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with fewer than 500 employees. SMEs generated over one-fourth (27 percent) of Oregon'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 OregonIn 2006, foreign-controlled companies employed 44,000 workers in Oregon. Major sources of Oregon's jobs in 2006 included Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Switzerland and France. Over one-quarter (26 percent), or 11,600 workers of these workers, were in the manufacturing sector in 2006. Foreign-controlled companies accounted for 5.5 percent of total manufacturing employment in Oregon in 2006. Foreign investment in Oregon was responsible for 3.0 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. |
Oregon Depends on World MarketsOregon's export shipments of merchandise in 2007 totaled $16.5 billion, up 60 percent from the $10.3 billion exported in 2003. Oregon exported to 200 foreign destinations in 2007. The state's largest market that year was NAFTA member Canada, to which Oregon shipped goods worth $2.8 billion (17 percent of the state's total 2007 exports). Canada was followed by Japan ($1.5 billion), China ($1.4 billion), South Korea ($1.3 billion), and Malaysia ($1.1 billion).
Oregon's leading manufactured export category is computer and electronic
products, which alone accounted for $6.3 billion, or 38 percent, of
Oregon's total export shipments in 2007. Other top manufactured export
sectors that year were transportation equipment ($1.8 billion), machinery
manufactures ($1.7 billion), and chemical manufactures ($662 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. |
Oregon's Metropolitan ExportsIn the first half of 2007, the metropolitan area of Eugene-Springfield
exported $440 million in merchandise, 5 percent of Oregon's total merchandise
exports. Other major metropolitan areas in Oregon that exported in the
first half of 2007 included Corvallis ($169 million), and Salem ($132
million). A major metropolitan area exporter that included some counties
of Oregon was Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton (including some counties
in Washington as well) which exported $7.6 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. |