NEW JERSEY EXPORTS, JOBS, AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Exports Support Jobs for American Workers

$2.34 trillion

Record-setting value of U.S. goods

and services exports in 2014

U.S. jobs supported

by exports in 2014,
up 1.8 million since 2009

Companies exported from

New Jersey in 2013

U.S. jobs supported by

goods exports from New
Jersey in 2014

Small-Medium Enterprise share

of New Jersey exporters
(< 500 employees)

New Jerseys Metropolitan Exports in 2013

Trenton

20,711

165,695

11.7 million

Metro Area

Exports Sustain New Jersey Businesses

Total Merchandise
Exports

Share of
State Exports

$879 million

Vineland-Bridgeton

$387 million

0.8%

Atlantic City-Hammonton

$48 million

0.1%

Ocean City

$31 million

0.1%

Foreign Investment and Jobs in New Jersey

2012 Major Sources
of Foreign Investment

1.9%

SME share of New Jerseys

total merchandise exports in
2013

United Kingdom
Switzerland
France
Japan

225,100

Workers employed by foreigncontrolled companies in 2012

6.9%
Total 2012 private-industry
employment supported by
foreign investment

New Jersey Depends on World Markets

total exports of merchandise
$36.8 billion 2014
from New Jersey

New Jerseys Top 5 Export Industries

(Value in Millions of US dollars)

$14.2 billion

New Jerseys Top 5 Export Markets

(Value in Millions of US dollars)

Merchandise exports to U.S.s 20 Free

Trade Agreement Partners
growth to FTA
74% Export
Partners since 2005
Share of New Jerseys exports
to FTA Partners in 2014

*Portions of this MSA are shared with one or more other states.
Updated April 2015.

New Jersey: Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment

April 2015
Exports Support Jobs for American Workers

Kingdom ($2.1 billion), Netherlands ($2.0 billion), and Japan

Total exports from New Jersey helped contribute to the

($1.7 billion).

record-setting value of U.S. goods and services exports in

The state's largest merchandise export category was

2014, which reached $2.34 trillion. Nationally, U.S. jobs

chemicals, which accounted for $8.6 billion of New Jersey's

supported by exports reached an estimated 11.7 million in

total merchandise exports in 2014. Other top merchandise

2014, up 1.8 million since 2009. In 2014, goods exports from

exports were computer & electronic products ($4.6 billion);

the state of New Jersey supported nearly 166,000 jobs.

petroleum & coal products ($3.4 billion); primary metal

Exports Sustain Thousands of New Jersey Businesses

A total of 20,711 companies exported from New Jersey
locations in 2013. Of those, 19,077 (92.1 percent) were small

manufactures ($2.7 billion); and miscellaneous manufactures

($2.5 billion).
New Jersey's Metropolitan Exports

and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500

In 2013, merchandise exports from New Jersey metropolitan

employees.

areas included: Trenton ($879 million), Vineland-Bridgeton

Small and medium-sized firms generated over two-fifths

($387 million), Atlantic City-Hammonton ($48 million) and

(45.6 percent) of New Jersey's total exports of merchandise in

Ocean City ($31 million).

2013.

Free Trade Agreements

Foreign Investment and Jobs in New Jersey

The United States currently has free trade agreements in

In 2012, foreign-controlled companies employed 225,100

force with 20 countries, which accounted for $14.2 billion (39

New Jersey workers. Major sources of foreign investment in

percent) of New Jerseys exports in 2014. Since 2005, exports

New Jersey in 2012 included United Kingdom, Switzerland,

from New Jersey to these markets grew by 74 percent, with

France, and Japan.

NAFTA, Korea, Israel, Singapore, and CAFTA-DR showing the

Foreign investment in New Jersey was responsible for 6.9

largest dollar growth during this period.

percent of the state's total private-industry employment in

2012.
New Jersey Depends on World Markets
New Jersey's export shipments of merchandise in 2014
totaled $36.8 billion.
The state's largest market was Canada. New Jersey posted
merchandise exports of $6.9 billion to Canada in 2014,
representing 18.8 percent of the states total merchandise
exports. Canada was followed by Mexico ($2.7 billion), United

Prepared by the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
For more resources please see www.trade.gov/mas/ian. Sources include resources from the U.S. Department of Commerces International Trade Administration, Bureau of the
Census, and Bureau of Economic Analysis.