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	South Carolina recorded goods exports totaling $4.8 billion in 1995, up 34 percent ($1.2 billion) from 1993. During 1995, South Carolina was the 26th largest state exporter of goods.
	South Carolina’s jobs supported by goods exports grew an estimated 22 percent (11,045 jobs) since 1993. Export-related jobs pay 13 to 16 percent higher than the national average.
	In 1991, the latest year available, South Carolina exports accounted for 21.4 percent of its manufacturing output and represented 18.0 percent of its total manufacturing employment.
	South Carolina’s exports of manufactured products were up by 33 percent between 1993 and 1995 (from $3.5 billion in 1993 to $4.7 billion in 1995).
	The five largest manufacturing sectors in terms of South Carolina’s exports were: Electronic and Electric Equipment ($1.0 billion of exports in 1995), Industrial Machinery and Computers ($815.4 million), Chemical Products ($648.7 million), Rubber Products ($407.9 million), and Textile Mill Products ($401.2 million). These five sectors accounted for 68 percent of the state’s total exports in 1995.
	Among South Carolina's fastest growing manufactured exports (in millions) were: Sector 1993 1995 Change Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products $236.2 $407.9 73% Chemical Products $377.3 $648.7 72% Electronic and Electric Equipment $630.1 $1,007.7 60% Fabricated Metal Products $139.2 $185.3 33%
	South Carolina is the country’s 34th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $219 million in agricultural exports abroad in 1994 (latest year available for Department of Agriculture state export data). The largest export category, tobacco, accounted for nearly 45 percent of South Carolina’s agricultural exports in 1994. Given the 22 percent increase in total U.S. agriculture exports in 1995, agriculture exports from South Carolina in 1995 will likely range between $250 million and $275 million.
	Total exports from South Carolina to NAFTA countries increased by 51 percent between 1993 (pre-NAFTA) and 1995 (from $1.6 million in 1993 to $2.4 billion in 1995). During 1995, Canada was South Carolina’s largest export market, while Mexico was South Carolina’s second largest export market. Exports to Canada were up by 23 percent ($390 million), from $1.3 billion in 1993 to $1.7 billion in 1995. South Carolina’s exports to Mexico were up by 58 percent ($418.7 million), from $300.3 million in 1993 to $719.0 million in 1995.
	During 1995, Japan was South Carolina’s fifth largest export market. Total exports from South Carolina to Japan were up 16 percent ($29.5 million), from $159.1 million in 1993 to $188.6 million in 1995.
	Total exports from South Carolina the European Union were up 4 percent ($39.2 million), from $933.6 million in 1993 to $972.8 million in 1995.

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