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	Kansas recorded goods exports totaling $4.7 billion in 1995, up 41 percent ($1.4 billion) from 1993. During 1995, Kansas was the 27th largest state exporter of goods.
	Kansas’ jobs supported by goods exports grew an estimated 28 percent (12,918 jobs) since 1993. Export-related jobs pay 13 to 16 percent higher than the national average.
	In 1991, the latest year available, Kansas exports accounted for 14.3 percent of its manufacturing output and represented 15.7 percent of its total manufacturing employment.
	Kansas’ exports of manufactured products were up by 25 percent between 1993 and 1995 (from $2.4 billion in 1993 to $3.0 billion in 1995).
	The five largest manufacturing sectors in terms of Kansas’ exports were: Food Products ($899.1 million of exports in 1995), Transportation Equipment ($774.1 million), Industrial Machinery and Computers ($373.6 million), Chemical Products ($174.3 million), and Electronic and Electric Equipment ($162.9 million). These five sectors accounted for over half of the state’s total exports in 1995.
	Among Kansas’ fastest growing manufactured exports (in millions) were: Sector 1993 1995 Change Chemical Products $121.1 $174.3 44% Food Products $682.7 $899.1 32% Industrial Machinery and Computers $301.8 $373.6 24% Transportation Equipment $661.7 $774.1 17%
	Kansas is the country’s sixth largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $2.2 billion in agricultural exports abroad or 5.2% of the U.S. total in 1994 (latest year available for Department of Agriculture state export data). The largest export categories, wheat and live animals and meat (excluding poultry), accounted for over half of Kansas’ agricultural exports in 1994. Given the 22 percent increase in total U.S. agriculture exports in 1995, agriculture exports from Kansas in 1995 will likely range between $2.5 billion and $2.7 billion.
	Total exports from Kansas to NAFTA countries increased by 44 percent between 1993 (pre-NAFTA) and 1995 (from $776.4 million in 1993 to $1.1 billion in 1995). During 1995, Canada was Kansas’ second largest export market, while Mexico was Kansas’ third largest export market. Exports to Canada were up by 27 percent ($158 million), from $580.0 million in 1993 to $738.0 million in 1995. Kansas’ exports to Mexico were up by 94 percent ($185.4 million), from $196.5 million in 1993 to $381.9 million in 1995.
	During 1995, Japan was Kansas’ largest export market. Total exports from Kansas to Japan were up 54 percent ($376.7 million), from $696.2 million to $1.1 billion in 1995.
	Total exports from Kansas to the European Union were up 7 percent ($32 million), from $475.4 million in 1993 to $507.4 million in 1995.

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