Nebraska’s economic ties to China multiply

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/money/nebraska-s-economic-ties-to-china-multiply/article_d442d5e1-0247-55c0-a1d5-ef2e5cdc563b.html

POSTED: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 1:00 AM
By Steve Jordon / World-Herald staff writer

China has passed Japan as Nebraska’s No. 3 international customer, behind Canada and Mexico.

Sales by Nebraska businesses to China, now topping half a billion dollars a year, are expected to double again by 2017. The figure has doubled every three or four years lately.

Even more goods and services flow in from China, the No. 1 importer into Nebraska, pushing the two-way trade total past $2 billion a year.

Scores of Chinese companies are making business connections with Nebraska businesspeople, and there’s growing interest among Nebraska business operators in China’s huge and growing markets.

FULL story at link.