West Virginia Exports & Jobs Facts & Figures
- West Virginia exports $5 billion worth of goods and services. West Virginia’s top five export categories in 2016 were Chemicals, Minerals & Ores, Machinery, Transportation equipment, and primary metal manufacturers.
- Goods exports support over 30,000 jobs within the mountain state – 64% of which were supported by manufactured goods exports.
- In 2014, a total of 1,098 companies exported from West Virginia.
- In 2014, the number of small and medium-sized (SME) goods exporters in WV was 834 – 76% of which account for all WV exporters.
Foreign Investment Facts & Figures
- In 2014, foreign-owned companies employed 29,000 West Virginia workers.
- West Virginia’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners exporters totaled $2.1 Billion in 2016.
- The Huntington-Ashland metro is the 114th largest exporter nationwide – an estimated value of $1.6 Billion in exports was reported in 2015.
- Since 2006, exports from West Virginia to FTA markets have grown by 70%.
- West Virginia’s share of private-industry employment at foreign-owned firms was 5%.
- In 2016, exports to FTA markets accounted for 42% of WV exports.
In 2016, West Virginia had:
- Sales in 148 different countries
- $4.9Billion in total Exports
- $1.5Billion trade surplus
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