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YOUR PERSONAL GUIDE TO THE ILLINOIS MARKET
VISIT ILLINOIS |
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ENJOY ILLINOIS:Trade Profitably |
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A Profitable
Business Environment
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Illinois leading industries include:
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- Advanced Telecommunication
- Biotechnology
- Business Services
- Financial Exchanges
- Informational Technology
- Manufacturing
- Transportation and Distribution
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The World
Trades Here |
- Certified Trade Specialists and
experts in facilitating foreign business market entrance
- 70 – 100 Foreign Delegations hosted
- Customized market research and
expertise tailor to company needs
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Illinois
Statistics |
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Indicators |
2006 |
2007
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2008 |
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Gross Domestic Product,
C$B |
507.0
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513.2 |
525.3 |
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Total Employment (000) |
5,933 |
5,989 |
5,998 |
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% Change |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
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Unemployment Rate |
4.5 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
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Personal Income Growth |
6.1 |
7.4 |
5.2 |
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Population (000) |
12,832 |
12,916 |
12,996 |
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Net Migration (000) |
8.2 |
7.7 |
-1.9 |
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House Price Index
(1980Q1=100) |
373.4 |
386.8 |
395.6 |
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Mortgage Originators
(SM) |
118,728 |
107,568 |
87,072 |
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Source: www.economy.com |
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Center of
the American Economy |
- The east-west nexus joining the
markets of Europe and Asia…and the north-south nexus of NAFTA
- Illinois is a non-stop global
gateway to 65 international and 149 domestic business centers
- Natural and cost-effective place
for storing and distributing products regionally, naturally, and internationally
- 50% of North American industry
is within one day’s truck delivery
- 75% of North American consumers
are less than two days away
- 417,000 truckload of freight (1.6
tons) are shipped from Illinois daily
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Develop New Markets |
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29 Fortune 500 companies
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50 of the
World’s finest research and development centers in the world
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Global demand
for $35.9 billion USD in Illinois produced goods generated 250,000 jobs
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Illinois ranks
#1 in the Midwest for foreign investment
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1,521 foreign companies
have chosen to locate their 5,320 facilities in Illinois
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150 export managing
trading companies
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100 international
freight forwarders
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Fifth Largest
exporting state in the U.S., exports have grown 64% since 2002
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40 International
Banks, 8 Foreign Trade Zones
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PEACE AND
STABILITY THROUGH TRADE |
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