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	Delaware recorded goods exports totaling $4.6 billion in 1995, up 27 percent ($1.0 billion) from 1993. During 1995, Delaware was the 28th largest state exporter of goods.
	Delaware’s jobs supported by goods exports grew an estimated 16 percent (8,029 jobs) since 1993. Export-related jobs pay 13 to 16 percent higher than the national average.
	In 1991, the latest year available, Delaware’s exports accounted for 17.1 percent of its manufacturing output and represented 19.9 percent of its total manufacturing employment.
	Delaware’s exports of manufactured products were up by 27 percent between 1993 and 1995 (from $3.5 billion in 1993 to $4.5 billion in 1995).
	The five largest manufacturing sectors in terms of Delaware’s exports were: Chemical Products ($3.3 billion of exports in 1995), Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics ($393.6 million), Scientific and Measuring Instruments ($301.8 million), Textile Mill Products ($138.4 million), and Industrial Machinery and Computers ($74.3 million). These five sectors accounted for over 90 percent of the state’s total exports in 1995. The Chemical Products sector alone accounted for over 70 percent of Delaware’s total exports.
	Among Delaware's fastest growing manufactured exports (in millions) were: Sector 1993 1995 Change Stone, Clay, and Glass Products $21.8 $58.0 166% Paper Products $26.0 $48.1 85% Chemical Products $2,431.8 $3,287.7 35% Textile Products $111.0 $138.4 25%
	Delaware is the country’s 39th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $81 million in agricultural exports abroad in 1994 (latest year available for Department of Agriculture state export data). Delaware’s largest agriculture export category, poultry, accounted for nearly 70 percent of Delaware’s agricultural exports in 1994. Given the 22 percent increase in total U.S. agriculture exports in 1995, agriculture exports from Delaware in 1995 will likely range between $90 million and $110 million.
	Total exports from Delaware to NAFTA countries increased by 14 percent between 1993 (pre-NAFTA) and 1995 (from $849.7 million in 1993 to $965.4 million in 1995). During 1995, Canada was Delaware’s largest export market, while Mexico was Delaware’s sixth largest export market. Exports to Canada were up by 15 percent ($102 million), from $670.2 million in 1993 to $771.7 million in 1995. Delaware’s exports to Mexico were up by 8 percent ($14 million), from $179.5 million in 1993 to $193.7 million in 1995.
	During 1995, Japan was Delaware’s third largest export market. Total exports from Delaware to Japan were up 29 percent ($102 million), from $345.8 million in 1993 to $447.0 million in 1995.
	Total exports from Delaware to the European Union were up 47 percent ($488 million), from 1.0 billion in 1993 to $1.5 billion in 1995.

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