Kansas’s transportation, manufacturing, and food products are in increasing demand throughout the world. In 2020, the state exported over $10 billion worth of goods, with international trade supporting more than 390,000 jobs in across the state.

• In Kansas, 395,500 jobs were supported by international trade in 2018, representing 20.40% of all jobs in the state.^1,2
• In 2019, 3,354 companies exported goods from Kansas of which 82% were small- and medium-sized enterprises. In 2018, 69,300 people were employed by affiliates of companies at least 50% foreign-owned.^3,4

• Kansas exported $10.4 billion in goods to foreign markets in 2020, a 10% decline compared to 2019 driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy.⁵
  • Mexico ($2.1 billion)
  • Canada ($1.6 billion)
  • Japan ($911 billion)
  • China ($737 million)
  • South Korea ($422 million)
• Agricultural exports are important to Kansas's' economy, totaling $4.9 billion in 2019, according to the USDA.⁶
• Since 2014, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has financed $944 million in exports from 54 companies in Kansas.⁷
• Since 1971, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation - which has been modernized into the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) - has invested $303 million in Kansas companies for overseas investment.⁸
• Since 1992, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency has helped facilitate $950 million in exports from Kansas companies, supporting an estimated 5,400 jobs in the state.⁹

• In 2018-2019, 2,855 Kansas students studied abroad.¹⁰
• During 2020, 8,911 international students were enrolled in Kansas colleges and universities and contributed $250 million to the Kansas economy.¹⁰

• Since 1961, 1,857 Peace Corps volunteers from Kansas have served in dozens of countries overseas.¹¹

1. https://tradepartnership.com/reports/trade-and-american-jobs-the-impact-of-trade-on-u-s-and-state-level-employment-update-2020/
2. https://www.businessroundtable.org/policy-perspectives/trade-international/benefits-of-trade-data
3. https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/edb/2019/index.html
4. https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-11/imne1120.pdf
5. https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/state-economy-and-trade-factsheets
6. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets.aspx#.U2ERwbQzqX8
7. https://www.exim.gov/customer-map/
8. https://www.opic.gov/sites/default/files/docs/OPIC_local_impact.pdf
9. https://ustda.gov/ustda-success-by-state/
10. https://opendoorsdata.org/fact_sheets/
11. https://www.peacecorps.gov/news/library/peace-corps-announces-top-volunteer-producing-states-2018/