Kansas’s transportation, manufacturing, and food products are in increasing demand throughout the world. In 2023, the state exported $14 billion worth of goods, with international trade supporting nearly 365,000 jobs in across the state.

• In Kansas, 364,600 jobs were supported by international trade in 2019, representing 18.7% of all jobs in the state.^1,2
• In 2020, 3,437 companies exported goods from Kansas of which 83% were small- and medium-sized enterprises. In 2018, 74,600 people were employed by affiliates of companies at least 50% foreign-owned.^3,4

• Kansas exported $14.1 billion in goods to foreign markets in 2023. Kansas’s largest markets were:⁵
  • Mexico ($3.0 billion)
  • Canada ($2.6 billion)
  • Japan ($941 million)
  • China ($848 million)
  • Germany ($524 million)
• Agricultural exports are important to Kansas's' economy, totaling $7.2 billion in 2020, according to the USDA.⁶
• Since 2014, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has financed $6 billion in exports from 57 companies in Kansas.⁷
• Since 1992, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency has helped facilitate $950 million in exports from Kansas companies.⁹

• During 2020, 9,353 international students were enrolled in Kansas colleges and universities and contributed $247 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/