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Exports Support Jobs for Maine's Workers Exports Sustain More Than a Thousand Maine Businesses Foreign Investment Benefits Maine Maine Depends on World Markets Maine's Metropolitan Exports |
Exports Support Jobs for Maine's WorkersExport-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 3.9 percent of Maine's total private-sector employment. Nearly one-sixth (15.8 percent) of all manufacturing workers in Maine 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 a Thousand Maine BusinessesA total of 1,257 companies exported goods from Maine locations in 2006. Of those, 1,075 (86 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with fewer than 500 employees. SMEs generated nearly half (45 percent) of Maine's total exports of merchandise in 2006, the fifth highest share among the states. Source: International Trade Administration and Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division: Exporter Database. |
Foreign Investment Creates Jobs in MaineIn 2006, foreign-controlled companies employed 24,400 Maine workers. Major sources of Maine's foreign investment in 2006 were the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden. Over one-fourth of these jobs (27 percent or 6,600 workers) were in the manufacturing sector in 2006. Foreign-controlled companies employed more than one of every ten manufacturing workers (10.8 percent) in Maine in 2006. Foreign investment in Maine was responsible for 4.7 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. |
Maine Depends on World MarketsMaine's export shipments of merchandise in 2008 totaled $3.0 billion. The state's largest market in 2008 was Canada, which received exports of $936 million, or 31 percent of the 2008 total. Canada was followed by Malaysia ($765 million), Saudi Arabia ($160 million), South Korea ($137 million) and China ($122 million). The state's leading export category is computers and electronic products,
which accounted for 30 percent, or $896 million, of Maine's total merchandise
exports in 2008. Other top manufactured exports are paper products ($615
million), transportation equipment ($422 million), and forestry products
($137 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. |
Maine's Metropolitan ExportsIn 2007, the metropolitan area of Portland-South
Portland-Biddeford exported $1.4 billion in merchandise, 55 percent
of Maine's total merchandise exports. Other major metropolitan areas
in Maine that exported in 2007 included Bangor ($161
million), and Lewiston-Auburn ($98 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. |