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West Virginia and the United Kingdom
Trade and Investment Highlights
West Virginia's economic relationship with the United Kingdom is already strong. The
United Kingdom is a major export market for West Virginia's goods and services, which
support more than a thousand U.S. jobs, and U.K.-based firms are among the leading
foreign investors in West Virginia.
West Virginia Goods Exports to the
UK, 2016
West Virginia Services Exports to
the UK, 2015
$103 million
$128 million
Jobs Supported by West Virginia
Exports to the UK, 2015
Estimated Number of UK
Subsidiaries in West Virginia
2,000
39
WV: Goods Exports to the UK ($ million)
WV: Services Exports to the UK ($ million)
$566
$128
$449
$354
$102 $105
$118 $118 $117 $113
$327
$276
$228
$211
$103
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Growth since 2009: -55%
Growth since 2009: 26%
The United Kingdom was West Virginia's 6th largest export
market in 2015.
West Virginia and the United Kingdom Trade and Investment Highlights
WV: Goods Exports to the UK
WV: Services Exports to the UK
1. Coal & Petroleum Gases
$48 million
1. Travel
$56 million
2. Aluminum
$17 million
2. Equip. Install., Maint., & Repair
$26 million
3. Resins & Synthetic Fibers
$6.2 million
3. Legal Services
$7.5 million
4. Aerospace Products & Parts
$5.3 million
4. Royalties from Industrial Processes
$7.4 million
5. Plastics Products
$3.5 million
5. Mgmt. & Consulting Services
$7.2 million
UK subsidiaries in West Virginia employed
4,600 workers in 2014.
UK-Affiliated Companies Located in West Virginia
Aviagen Turkeys
Poultry breeding
Elementis Specialties
Chemical manufacturer
Holiday Inn
Hotels
Intertek
Testing services
SLR Consulting
Environmental consulting services
Wood Group
Oil and gas exploration support services
Sources:
 Goods, Jobs, and Services estimates prepared by The Trade Partnership and derived from U.S. government and
private industry data.
 Estimate of number of UK subsidiaries derived from Uniworld BP, Directory of Foreign Investment in the United States.
 Estimate of employment by UK subsidiaries from Bureau of Economic Analysis, Foreign Direct Investment in the
United States database. ´
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