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2024 SC Export Sales

South Carolina’s Export Sales Total $38 Billion in 2024

March 3, 2025

South Carolina’s exports reached $38 billion in total sales in 2024, and South Carolina is the nation’s No. 1 exporter of completed passenger vehicles, and remains the nation’s No. 1 exporter of tires for 10 consecutive years.

TOPICS: Manufacturing, Rankings & Recognitions, Automotive
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Site Selection Magazine Features Upstate South Carolina

July 26, 2023

Site Selection’s 2023 Upstate Intelligence Report paints a picture of the region’s sustainable businesses, lifestyle opportunities and sophisticated technical workforce.

TOPICS: Skilled Workforce, #TeamUpstate, Existing Industry, Manufacturing, Business Recruitment

A History of Innovation, Today’s Opportunities

August 10, 2021

From disruptive, start-up based technologies to corporate intrapreneurship, opportunity abounds in Upstate South Carolina, where manufacturing, technology and talent intersect.

TOPICS: Global Competitiveness, International, Manufacturing, Business Recruitment, Innovation, Life Science

Site Selection Magazine Profiles Upstate SC

July 19, 2021

Site Selection Magazine profiles Upstate South Carolina’s business environment and lifestyle – a community consistently growing at a rate more than double U.S. population growth, which ended 2020 with 1.5% increase in manufacturing activity and construction up 5%.

TOPICS: Innovation, Existing Industry, Manufacturing, Business Recruitment

Food Manufacturing on the Rise in the Upstate

January 25, 2021

With big opportunity ahead in agriculture and food processing, Upstate South Carolina offers a recipe for success.

TOPICS: Manufacturing, Business Recruitment, Colleges & Universities, Food Manufacturing