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	Kentucky recorded goods exports totaling $5.3 billion in 1995, up 44 percent ($1.6 billion) from 1993. During 1995, Kentucky was the 24th largest state exporter of goods.
	Kentucky’ jobs supported by goods exports grew an estimated 31 percent (16,040 jobs) since 1993. Export-related jobs pay 13 to 16 percent higher than the national average
	In 1991, the latest year available, Kentucky exports accounted for 17.4 percent of its manufacturing output and represented 16.6 percent of its total manufacturing employment.
	Kentucky’s exports of manufactured products were up by 47 percent between 1993 and 1995 (from $3.5 billion in 1993 to $5.1 billion in 1995).
	The five largest manufacturing sectors in terms of Kentucky’s exports were: Transportation Equipment ($1.0 billion of exports in 1995), Tobacco Manufactures (972.2 million), Industrial Machinery and Computers ($738.5 million), Electronic and Electric Equipment ($497.7 million), and Food Products ($322.0 million). These five sectors accounted for 67 percent of the state’s total exports in 1995.
	Among Kentucky’s fastest growing manufactured exports (in millions) were: Sector 1993 1995 Change Industrial Machinery and Computers $371.9 $738.5 99% Food Products $203.1 $332.0 59% Transportation Equipment $685.9 $1,022.3 49% Chemical Products $188.6 $277.2 47%
	Kentucky is the country’s 19th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $771 million in agricultural exports abroad or 1.8% of the U.S. total in 1994 (latest year available for Department of Agriculture state export data). The largest export categories, tobacco, and live animals and meat (excluding poultry), accounted for over half of Kentucky’s agricultural exports in 1994. Given the 22 percent increase in total U.S. agriculture exports in 1995, agriculture exports from Kentucky in 1995 will likely range between $900 million and $950 million.
	Total exports from Kentucky to NAFTA countries increased by 41 percent between 1993 (pre-NAFTA) and 1995 (from $1.5 billion in 1993 to $2.2 billion in 1995). During 1995, Canada was Kentucky’s largest export market, while Mexico was Kentucky’s fourth largest export market. Exports to Canada were up by 48 percent ($0.7 billion) from $1.3 billion in 1993 to $2.0 million in 1995. Kentucky’s exports to Mexico were up by 0.2 percent ($0.3 million), from $204.3 million in 1993 to $204.6 million in 1995.
	During 1995, Japan was Kentucky’s second largest export market. Total exports from Kentucky to Japan were up 35 percent ($273 million), from $784.7 million in 1993 to $1.1 billion in 1995.
	Total exports from Kentucky to the European Union were up 30 percent ($194 million), from $640.7 million in 1993 to $834.7 million in 1995.

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