Texas Export Guide 2017

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Exports Support Jobs
• Nationally, U.S. jobs
supported by exports
reached an estimated
11.5 million in 2015, up
1.9 million from 2009.
1,046,549
U.S. jobs supported
by goods exports
from Texas in 2015
Jobs Supported by Texas Goods
Exports
Up by 197 Thousand Jobs Since 2009
Texas Depends on
World Markets
• Exports from Texas
helped contribute to
the $2.26 trillion of U.S.
goods and services
exports in 2015.
Texas goods exports in
2015 $248.2 billion
92,489
25,505
11,529 8,076 7,237
Mexico Canada China Korea Brazil
45,292
42,713
39,822
24,757
22,187
Computer & Electronic
Products
Petroleum & Coal Products
Chemicals
Machinery
Transportation Equipment
Texas’s Top 5 Export Markets
(Millions of U.S. Dollars)
Texas’s Top 5 Export Categories
(Millions of U.S. Dollars)
Exports Sustain
Thousands of Texas
Businesses
• A total of 41,881
companies exported
from Texas locations in
2014.
39,005
SMEs account for 93% of Texas
goods exporters
Number of small and medium-sized (SME)
goods exporters in Texas in 2014
...and 38% of known Texas
goods export value
95% of these jobs
were supported by
manufactured goods
exports
849,510
1,046,549
2009 2015
SME
Exporters
Exports
from SMEs
Fuente: Oficina de Comercio y Análisis Económico, Administración de Comercio Internacional del Departamento de Comercio de los EE. UU.
Exportaciones y empleo de Texas