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Missouri Connections: China

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Imports & Exports

$5.3B

Missouri's Imports from China in 2022¹

Chemicals 26%
Misc. Manufactured Commodities 13%
Machinery, Except Electrical 10%
Fabricated Metal Products 9%
Other 42%

$675M

Missouri's Exports to China in 2022¹

Chemicals 18%
Machinery, Except Electrical 13%
Processed Foods 12%
Wood Products 8%
Other 49%

By the Numbers

18,045

Missourians Born in China²

Educational Institutions with Chinese Programs

20,758

Missourians Who Speak Chinese²

Sister Cities & States

Kansas City : Xi'an and Yan'an / Columbia: Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong Province / St. Louis : Nanjing and Wuhan /

6 Chinese Companies in Missouri

20 Missouri Companies in China

Did You Know?

In 1979, St. Louis was linked with the city of Nanjing and became the first U.S. municipality to have a sister city in the People’s Republic of China.³