Tomlinson: Texas must work to retain crown as biggest exporting state By Chris Tomlinson, Staff writer
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At least once a week, I read that phrase in some report or another to express the size and importance of the state’s economy. But it’s a lousy premise, because if we broke out every country’s states and provinces, especially China’s, Texas’s ranking would drop pretty quick in comparison.
The Lone Star is globally important without skewing the statistics and could become more so if we make the right investments.
Texas brought in more revenue from exports than any other state in 2020 for the 19th consecutive year, according to the Census Bureau. Our exports were worth $279 billion compared to $156 billion from California and $61.9 billion from New York.
Texas must work to retain crown as biggest exporting state
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