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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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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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16986
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In 2011, North Carolina imported $47.8 billion of foreign goods and services. China is the top exporter to the state, followed by Mexico, Canada, Germany, and Ireland. Mecklenburg County had the most companies importing with 1,482, while Gates, Pamlico, and Perquimans Counties had none.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 7, July 2012,
p18-19, il, map
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17166
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At one time ginseng harvesting dating back to Colonial days was done on a large scale in the state's mountains. It is the root, not the leaves or berries, that is the most sought after part of the plant. The wild root can bring prices from six to thirteen dollars a pound. New York City is the best market for selling, and from there it is exported to China.
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20059
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This bulletin explains the recent decline in the housing market and illustrates the direct correlation between the housing market and United States exporting industries. It also provides predictions about how the housing market's decline will affect North Carolina.
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22056
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A number of North Carolina products are sought after by other nations, making exports an important of the state's agribusiness. Tobacco continues as the state's to export at $558 million. In 2012, soybeans brought in $426 million, and wood products rank right behind them.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 34 Issue 5, May 2014,
p46-47, il
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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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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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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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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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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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12.State's Export's Gain by Not Given We the People of North Carolina Vol. 20 Issue 7, December 1962
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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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31428
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American farming and agribusiness are now in the doldrums because of government policies restricting exports. This has important implications to North Carolina phosphate and fertilizer industries, and consequentially, North Carolina farmers and agribusiness. This article discusses the policies and exports and trade.
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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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