OPENING NEW MARKETS
TO CREATE JOBS FOR U.S. WORKERS

	Massachusetts recorded goods exports totaling $15.3 billion in 1995, up 21 percent ($2.7 billion) from 1993. During 1995, Massachusetts was the 11th largest state exporter of goods.
	Nearly 200 thousand Massachusetts’ jobs were supported by goods exports during 1995. Massachusetts’ jobs supported by goods exports grew an estimated 10 percent (17,900 jobs) since 1993. Export-related jobs pay 13 to 16 percent higher than the national average.
	In 1991, the latest year available, Massachusetts’ exports accounted for 23.4 percent of its manufacturing output and represented 22.7 percent of its total manufacturing employment.
	Massachusetts’ exports of manufactured products were up by 22 percent between 1993 and 1995 (from $12.1 billion in 1993 to $14.8 billion in 1995).
	The five largest manufacturing sectors in terms of Massachusetts’ exports were: Industrial Machinery and Computers ($4.6 billion of exports in 1995), Electronic and Electric Equipment ($3.4 billion), Scientific and Measuring Instruments ($2.2 billion), Chemical Products ($956.6 million), and Fabricated Metal Products ($ 557.5 million). These five sectors accounted for 77 percent of the state’s total exports in 1995.
	Among Massachusetts’ fastest growing manufactured exports (in millions) were: Sector 1993 1995 Change Chemical Products $597.9 $956.6 60% Electronic and Electric Equipment $2,226.6 $3,412.4 53% Industrial Machinery and Computers $3,920.9 $4,613.7 18% Scientific and Measuring Equipment $1,964.6 $2,248.9 15%
	Massachusetts is the country’s 44th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $29 million in agricultural exports abroad in 1994 (latest year available for Department of Agriculture state export data). Given the 22 percent increase in total U.S. agriculture exports in 1995, agriculture exports from Massachusetts in 1995 will likely range between $30 million and $35 million.
	Total exports from Massachusetts to NAFTA countries increased by 16 percent between 1993 (pre-NAFTA) and 1995 (from $3.4 billion in 1993 to $3.9 billion in 1995). During 1995, Canada was Massachusetts’ largest export market, while Mexico was Massachusetts’ 12th largest export market. Exports to Canada were up by 20 percent ($588 million), from $3.0 billion in 1993 to $3.6 billion in 1995. Massachusetts’ exports to Mexico were down by 11 percent ($44 million), to $349 million in 1995.
	During 1995, Japan was Massachusetts’ third largest export market. Total exports from Massachusetts to Japan were up 32 percent ($348 million), from $1.1 billion in 1993 to $1.4 billion in 1995.
	Total exports from Massachusetts to the European Union were up 20 percent ($0.9 billion), from 4.6 billion in 1993 to $5.5 billion in 1995.

Paid for by Clinton/Gore ’96 General Committee, Inc.