The world at our front door.

• Author: Christensen, Lisa
• Position: Focus

Between imports/exports and immigration, little old landlocked Utah is in the midst of a thriving global economy, according to a recent study from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. Here are some of the paper's key findings.

EXPORTS BY PRODUCT TYPE 2000 2015 PRIMARY METAL MANUFACTURING $2,667,694,004 $5,561,591,925 Computer & Electric Products $664,707,715 $2,121,358,415 Chemicals $204,421,649 $1,095,470,454 Food Manufacturers $211,503,908 $932,164,143 Transportation Equipment $742,522,230 $812,048,287 Misc. Manufactured Commodities $231,078,848 $634,472,512 Machinery (except electrical) $275,209,472 $522,126,325 Electrical Equipment, appliances & Components $140,052,438 $330,602,146 Minerals & Ores $205,690,343 $317,451,887 Other $413,440,790 $979,935,324 Note: Table made from pie chart. CHANGE IN VALUE OF IMPORTS TO UTAH BY COUNTRY 2008 2015 Mexico $879,717,981 $3,337,642,705 279.4% change $2,457,924,724 absolute change China $1,403,200,782 $2,231,509,256 59.0% change $828,308,474 absolute change Canada $1,700,567,364 7.2% change $1,823,493,979 $122,926,615 absolute change Brazil $25,682,694 2,686.7% change $715,687,468 $690,004,774 absolute change Taiwan $236,590,035 108.5% change, $493,240,419 $256,650,384 absolute change Peru $651,559,140 -45.8% change, $352,918,930 -$298,640,210 absolute change Nicaragua $10,301 % change exceeds several thousand percent $205,855,001 $205,844,700 absolute change Guatemala $181,240,734 70.7% change $309,388,108 $128,147,374 absolute change Germany $148,401,218 27.3% change $188,920,395 $40,519,177 absolute change Note: Table made from bar graph. FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS, BY THE NUMBERS 2008 2015 More than 172,000 foreign-born 172k workers, making up 12.5% of workforce (lower than national rate of 16.7%) 25% of foreign-born working 25% in the manufacturing sector (31,430) There are 75,000 undocumented...