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Mississippi



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Mississippi recorded goods exports totaling $1.4 billion in 1995, up 58 percent ($531.9 million) from 1993. During 1995, Mississippi was the 39th largest exporter of goods.
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Mississippi’s jobs supported by goods exports grew an estimated 44 percent (5,616 jobs) since 1993. Export-related jobs pay 13 to 16 percent higher than the national average.
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In 1991, the latest year available, Mississippi exports accounted for 16.6 percent of its manufacturing output and represented 12.9 percent of its total manufacturing employment.
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Mississippi’s exports of manufactured products were up by 51 percent between 1993 and 1995 (from 880.0 million in 1993 to $1.3 billion in 1995).
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The five largest manufacturing sectors in terms of Mississippi’s exports were: Transportation Equipment ($221.5 million of exports in 1995), Electronic and Electric Equipment (186.2 million), Paper Products ($178.0 million), Food Products ($144.5 million), and Industrial Machinery and Computers ($110.5 million). These five sectors accounted for 58 percent of the state’s total exports in 1995.
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Among Mississippi’s fastest growing manufactured exports (in millions) were:
Sector 19931995Change
Food Products$50.7$144.5185%
Transportation Equipment$119.8$221.585%
Paper Products$111.5$178.060%
Electronic and Electric Equipment$127.7$186.246%

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Mississippi is the country’s 23rd largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $580 million in agricultural exports abroad or 1.3% of the U.S. total in 1994 (latest year available for Department of Agriculture state export data). The largest export categories, cotton, soybeans, and poultry, accounted for over 80 percent of Mississippi’s agricultural exports in 1994. Given the 22 percent increase in total U.S. agriculture exports in 1995, agriculture exports from Mississippi in 1995 will likely range between $675 million and $725 million.
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Total exports from Mississippi to NAFTA countries increased by 19 percent between 1993 (pre-NAFTA) and 1995 (from $418.7 million in 1993 to $497.3 million in 1995). During 1995, Canada was Mississippi’s largest export market, while Mexico was Mississippi’s fifth largest export market. Exports to Canada were up by 3 percent ($9.7 million), from $391.7 million in 1993 to $401.4 million in 1995. Mississippi’s exports to Mexico were up by 255 percent ($68.9 million), from $27.0 million in 1993 to $95.9 million in 1995.
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During 1995, Japan was Mississippi’s 13th largest export market. Total exports from Mississippi to Japan were down 8 percent ($2.4 million), to $26.8 million in 1995.
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Total exports from Mississippi to the European Union were up 35 percent ($60.6 million), from $172.1 million in 1993 to $232.7 million in 1995.




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