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2772
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Ginseng, first exported in 1794, was a profitable product of the state's western mountains. Still popular today, 10,000 pounds were exported in 1993 at $300 a pound.
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29448
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Although North Carolina's furniture industry has long benefited from domestic sales, sites are being set toward international markets. North Carolina furniture currently only accounts for seven percent of US exports, but there are more opportunities for growth, and furniture exports have been rising for the past five years.
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11976
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Markets for North Carolina's manufacturing and agricultural products are expanding beyond the regional and national markets to foreign ones, placing greater importance on the state's ports at Morehead City and Wilmington. The state ranks thirteenth in the nation as an exporter and in 1979 sent $3.5 billion worth of products overseas.
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31146
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For the better part of 1962, North Carolina scored the 13th highest percentage gain among the 41 custom districts in export trade. The value of exports handled at the state's ports of Wilmington and Morehead City increased by 9.4%, valued at $60.5 million.
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24208
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Globalization has been hard on some of North Carolina's traditional industries, such as textiles. This article discusses how various business, including IBM, are now owned by China and how U.S. consumers have created a trade imbalance by buying cheaper foreign goods.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 5, May 2006,
p30-38, il
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34389
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The abundance of Longleaf Pine trees in North Carolina offered a much-needed resource in the colonies where a flow of goods depended on shipping. Tar, pitch, and turpentine were also essential exports. By 1840, North Carolina produced almost ninety-six percent of all naval stores in the country.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 3, June/July 2018,
p68-69, il
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13084
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Godwin examines North Carolina's $4 billion-a-year exporting business. The state is the country's leading exporter of both tobacco products and textile mill products.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 1 Issue 1, Oct 1981,
p26-30, 32-33, il
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1998
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has expanded markets in Mexico for such North Carolina products as textiles and furniture. In the past five years, the state's exports to Mexico have quadrupled to over $440 million.
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30589
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This article provides a detailed analysis of the traffic flow, cargo destination, and cargo movement by major commodity category at the Wilmington State Port for the last six fiscal years. This discussion should be of interest to shippers and users of the port facility, and to those who are interested in port activities, economic measurement and forecasting.
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3011
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Companies and economic developers in the Piedmont Triad Metropolitan Area are diversifying their economy through international trade. In so doing, the area has become the state's most important export center and ranks 37th nationwide.
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30603
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This article provides data for tonnage at the Port of Wilmington for fiscal 1988-89 and is an update of a previous article on port traffic over the 1980s. The information presented reveals a dramatic change in cargo tonnage movement through the North Carolina State Ports Authority over the last fiscal year.
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2673
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Exports of the state's agricultural products will exceed $2 billion in 1995. In addition to being the nation's leading tobacco exporter, the state is also among the top ten states that export poultry, tree nuts, and peanuts.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 12, Dec 1995,
p47-48,50-51,53, il
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2850
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Foreign trade zones are areas where goods can enter the country duty free. Manufacturers use them in making products that they then export, thus receiving substantial savings. Zones in the state are in Wilmington, Morehead City, Durham, and Charlotte.
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29206
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A surge in exports has wiped out North Carolina's deficit, allow the state to complete the 1990 fiscal year with an international trade surplus of $460.4 million. For the year, exports and imports high a $15.6 billion record, 28 percent up from 1989, showing that exports are becoming an increasingly important part of North Carolina's economy.
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