Research and analysis

UK-Mississippi trade and investment highlights

Updated 25 June 2021

The US and UK have a strong trade relationship worth more than $260 billion a year, and a total of $1 trillion invested in each other’s economies. This relationship plays a pivotal role in Mississippi’s economy and supports thousands of jobs in the state.

Mississippi jobs supported by UK companies

4,600 Mississippians employed by UK subsidiaries in 2018

2,330 jobs are supported by exports from Mississippi to the UK worth $343 million in 2019.

Value of exports to the UK from Mississippi

The UK was the 11th largest export market for Mississippi in 2019

Total value of Mississippi goods exports to the UK $144 million

Total value of Mississippi services exports to the UK $199 million

Top exports from Mississippi to the UK 2019

Top Mississippi goods exports to the UK US$
Aerospace products and parts $34 million
Household and institutional furniture $15 million
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products $15 million
Miscellaneous general purpose machinery $12 million
Miscellaneous manufactured commodities $11 million
Top Mississippi services exports to the UK US$
Personal travel and tourism $75 million
Equipment installation and maintenance $23 million
Miscellaneous financial services $22 million
Bank lending-related services $14 million
Business travel $13 million
Year Goods exports to the UK (in $) Services exports to the UK (in $)
2010 168,006,749 162,935,681
2011 153,584,424 170,144,890
2012 208,206,510 166,256,153
2013 209,066,762 174,097,131
2014 218,706,992 173,598,750
2015 169,191,975 186,975,552
2016 172,406,338 182,110,935
2017 168,131,102 188,721,271
2018 137,587,295 202,742,530
2019 144,368,371 198,976,259

Sources

Goods, jobs and services estimates prepared by The Trade Partnership and derived from U.S. government and private industry data.

Companies trading with the UK from US Census, “A Profile of U.S. Importing and Exporting Companies, 2017-2018.”

Estimate of employment by UK subsidiaries from Bureau of Economic Analysis, Foreign Direct Investment in the United States database.