1. Many people in Texas are employed by foreign owned firms. Which countries are the top...

1. Many people in Texas are employed by foreign owned firms. Which countries are the top 5 foreign-employers in Texas?

2. . What percentage of the exports from Texas are originated in the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington area? Which area is number one?

3. Which three countries are the top Exporters into the U.S. from the December 2019 year to date figures? List them in order from high to low in terms of their value in U.S. Dollars (round to billions) as well as their percentage of total exports.

6. Which are the top three importers into the U.S.? List them in order from high to low in terms of their value in U.S. Dollars (round to billions) as well as their percentage of total imports.

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1. Nearly 1 out of 5 jobs in Texas depend on Foreign Trade. The United Kingdom, Germany and France are among the top five countries for foreign direct investment projects in Texas. The United Kingdom ranks first for share of Texas' private industry employment at foreign-owned firms. Refer to the following table for a better reference with regards to company name and country:

2. 13.3% of exports from Texas are originated from the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington area. According to recent data from 2017, Dallas is the number one area with export of $30.3 Billions.

3. The top 3 exporters to USA in high to low order ar as follows:

4. Similarly for imports:

The data has been taken from census.gov of the United States of America.

Rahul Sunny answered 1 year ago

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