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Exports Support Jobs for Indiana's Workers Exports Sustain Thousands of Indiana Businesses Foreign Investment Benefits Indiana Indiana Depends on World Markets Indiana's Metropolitan Exports |
Exports Support Jobs for Indiana's WorkersExport-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for 7.3 percent of Indiana's total private-sector employment. Nearly one-fifth (19.7 percent) of all manufacturing workers in Indiana 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 Indiana BusinessesA total of 5,490 companies exported goods from Indiana locations in 2006. Of those, 4,616 (84 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises, with fewer than 500 employees. Small and medium-sized firms generated 16 percent of Indiana'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 IndianaIn 2006, foreign-controlled companies employed 148,000 workers in Indiana. Major sources of Indiana's foreign investment in 2006 were Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Nearly three-fifths of these jobs (59 percent, or 86,700 workers) were in the manufacturing sector in 2006. Foreign-controlled companies accounted for 15.3 percent - over one-seventh - of total manufacturing employment in Indiana in 2006. Foreign investment in Indiana was responsible for 5.7 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. |
Indiana Depends on World MarketsIndiana's export shipments of merchandise in 2008 totaled $26.5 billion, the fourteenth largest figure among the states, up $7.3 billion from the $19.2 billion exported in 2004. The state's largest export market, by far, is Canada. Indiana exported $10.5 billion (40 percent) worth of merchandise to Canada in 2008. Canada was followed by Mexico (2008 exports of $2.1 billion), the United Kingdom ($2.0 billion), France ($1.4 billion), and Germany ($1.3 billion).
The state's leading export category is transportation equipment, which
accounted for $6.9 billion, over one-quarter (26 percent) of Indiana's
total merchandise exports in 2008. Other top manufactured exports are
chemical manufactures ($5.3 billion), machinery manufactures ($4.1 billion),
and computers and electronic products ($1.9 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. |
Indiana's Metropolitan ExportsIn 2007, the metropolitan area of Indianapolis-Carmel
exported $8.0 billion in merchandise, 35 percent of Indiana's total
merchandise exports. Other major metropolitan areas in Indiana that
exported in 2007 were Elkhart-Goshen ($1.6 billion),
and Kokomo ($1.4 billion). Several major metropolitan area exporters
in Indiana included some counties from neighboring states. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet
(including some parts of Illinois and Wisconsin) exported $30.6 billion,
while Cincinnati-Middletown (including some parts of Ohio and Kentucky)
exported $15.4 billion, Louisville-Jefferson County (including some parts
of Kentucky) exported $5.5 billion, Evansville (including some parts
of Kentucky) exported $1.4 billion, and South Bend-Mishawaka (including
some parts of Michigan) exported $1.1 billion in merchandise in 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. |