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  • Did you know? North Carolina's trade-related employment grew nearly three times faster than total employment from 2004 to 2008.
  • Did you know? Chemicals was North Carolina's leading export category in 2008, accounting for 19.8 percent of total exports.
  • Did you know? In 2008, North Carolina companies sold their products in nearly 210 foreign markets.
  • Did you know? In 2008, exports accounted for approximately 6.3 percent of North Carolina's state gross domestic product.
  • Did you know? Since 2002, exports have increased nearly twice as fast as state GDP.

North Carolina

Key Trade Statistics

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Trade statistics North Carolina
Number of trade jobs 1,100,000
Total exports $25.1 billion
Ranking among states in total exports Info #15

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Leading Exporters

Company Location Products Foreign Markets
A W North Carolina Inc Durham Transmissions and others auto parts Japan
Alliance One International Inc Farmville Flue-cured and burley tobacco Belgium, China, France, Indonesia, Denmark and others
Bayer Cropscience Research Triangle Herbicides Brazil, Belgium, Ecuador, Argentina, and others
Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Garner Cotton Thailand, Taiwan, China, Turkey, and others
Celanese Acetate Charlotte Organic chemicals China, Hong Kong, and Indonesia
Flue Cured Tobacco Cooperative Raleigh Tobacco Hong Kong, Taiwan, China
Gildan Activewear Eden Apparel yarns Honduras, United Kingdom, Belgium
Global Nuclear Fuel Wilmington Radioactive materials Japan, United Kingdom
Hanesbrand Incorporated Winston Salem Apparel yarns Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia
Invista Charlotte Organic chemicals China, Japan, Argentina, Singapore, Korea, and others
Italiana Commisionaria Legnami Wilmington Pine wood chips Turkey
R J Reynolds Tobacco Winston Salem Cigarettes Japan, China, Germany, Indonesia, and others
Renfro Mt. Airy Yarn, textile machinery Mexico
Siemens Energy Charlotte Transformers and parts Belgium, Colombia, Germany
Syngenta Crop Protection Greensboro Fungicides, herbicides, and other chemicals Brazil, Netherlands, Australia, Argentina, and others