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	Indiana recorded goods exports totaling $11.7 billion in 1995, up 17 percent ($1.7 billion) from 1993. During 1995, Indiana was the 14th largest state exporter of goods.
	Indiana’s jobs supported by goods exports grew an estimated 6 percent (9,048 jobs) since 1993. Export-related jobs pay 13 to 16 percent higher than the national average.
	In 1991, the latest year available, Indiana’s exports accounted for 18.1 percent of its manufacturing output and represented 17.8 percent of its total manufacturing employment.
	Indiana’s exports of manufactured products were up by 17 percent between 1993 and 1995 (from $9.8 billion in 1993 to $11.5 billion in 1995).
	The five largest manufacturing sectors in terms of Indiana’s exports were: Transportation Equipment ($2.5 billion of exports in 1995), Electronic and Electric Equipment ($2.2 billion), Industrial Machinery and Computers ($1.8 billion), Chemical Products ($1.8 billion), and Scientific and Measuring Instruments ($1.0 billion). These five sectors accounted for nearly 80 percent of the state’s total exports in 1995.
	Among Indiana’s fastest growing manufactured exports (in millions) were: Sector 1993 1995 Change Primary Metal Industries $252.6 $488.7 94% Chemical Products $1,265.3 $1,773.1 40% Electronic and Electric Equipment $1,265.3 $1,773.1 32% Industrial Machinery and Computers $1,417.3 $1,826.6 29%
	Indiana is the country’s seventh largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $1.7 billion in agricultural exports abroad or 3.8 percent of the U.S. total in 1994 (latest year available for Department of Agriculture state export data). Indiana’s largest agriculture export categories, feed grains and soybeans, accounted for nearly 80 percent of Indiana’s agricultural exports in 1994. Given the 22 percent increase in total U.S. agriculture exports in 1995, agriculture exports from Indiana in 1995 will likely range between $1.9 billion and $2.1 billion.
	Total exports from Indiana to NAFTA countries increased by 2 percent between 1993 (pre-NAFTA) and 1995 (from $6.8 billion in 1993 to $6.9 billion in 1995). During 1995, Canada was Indiana’s largest export market, while Mexico was Indiana’s second largest export market. Exports to Canada were down by 12 percent ($665 million), to $4.9 billion in 1995. Indiana’s exports to Mexico were up by 65 percent ($806 million), from $1.2 billion in 1993 to $2.0 billion in 1995.
	During 1995, Japan was Indiana’s third largest export market. Total exports from Indiana to Japan were up 48 percent ($246 million), from $509.1 million in 1993 to $755.5 million in 1995.
	Total exports from Indiana to the European Union were up 42 percent ($0.6 billion), from 1.4 billion in 1993 to $2.0 billion in 1995.

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