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A document: Jobs Supported by Exports 2014: Product and Industry
Chris Rasmussen
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
International Trade Administration
Department of Commerce
July 13, 2016
Jobs supported by exports were almost 11.6 million in 2014, of which 6.8 million were
jobs supported by the export of goods and 4.8 million were jobs supported by the export of
services. The impact of the export of goods and services on American jobs occurs throughout
the supply chain. For example, the jobs of workers in the fabricated metal products industry are
supported not only directly by the exports of fabricated metal, but also by the export of products
such as machinery and electronic products that use fabricated metal products as inputs in their
production processes. Similarly, the export of fabricated metal products not only directly
supports the jobs of workers employed in the fabricated metal industry itself, but also indirectly
supports the jobs of some workers in industries such as primary metals, wholesale trade and
transportation that supply inputs to the production of fabricated metal products.
This report uses an input-output approach to evaluate the jobs supported by exports
throughout the supply chain for the most recent year that industry data was available, 2014.
First, we look at the jobs supported within an industry by exports that are produced in that
industry or by the use of the output of that industry as an input into a product that is exported.
Second, we look at the jobs supported by the export of a product across all industries that
produce the export or that or supply inputs used in the production of the export.
In 2014, we find that as a group manufacturing industries have the highest share, 26
percent, of their employment supported by exports. We further find that although 59 percent of
all export supported jobs are supported by the export of goods, 68 percent of all export-supported
jobs are within service industries. Finally, we find that for every job within manufacturing
supported by the export of manufactured products there is also a job supported in service
industries by the export of those manufactured products.
http://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/build/g...ian_005506.pdf
A document: Jobs Supported by Exports 2014: Product and Industry
Chris Rasmussen
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
International Trade Administration
Department of Commerce
July 13, 2016
Jobs supported by exports were almost 11.6 million in 2014, of which 6.8 million were
jobs supported by the export of goods and 4.8 million were jobs supported by the export of
services. The impact of the export of goods and services on American jobs occurs throughout
the supply chain. For example, the jobs of workers in the fabricated metal products industry are
supported not only directly by the exports of fabricated metal, but also by the export of products
such as machinery and electronic products that use fabricated metal products as inputs in their
production processes. Similarly, the export of fabricated metal products not only directly
supports the jobs of workers employed in the fabricated metal industry itself, but also indirectly
supports the jobs of some workers in industries such as primary metals, wholesale trade and
transportation that supply inputs to the production of fabricated metal products.
This report uses an input-output approach to evaluate the jobs supported by exports
throughout the supply chain for the most recent year that industry data was available, 2014.
First, we look at the jobs supported within an industry by exports that are produced in that
industry or by the use of the output of that industry as an input into a product that is exported.
Second, we look at the jobs supported by the export of a product across all industries that
produce the export or that or supply inputs used in the production of the export.
In 2014, we find that as a group manufacturing industries have the highest share, 26
percent, of their employment supported by exports. We further find that although 59 percent of
all export supported jobs are supported by the export of goods, 68 percent of all export-supported
jobs are within service industries. Finally, we find that for every job within manufacturing
supported by the export of manufactured products there is also a job supported in service
industries by the export of those manufactured products.
http://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/build/g...ian_005506.pdf