GEORGIA – Economic Development Connection

Government & Commerce Schools of Taiwan. This followed many other exchanges to , showcasing musical talent The Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), of Taiwanese students and engineering located in , offers consular, commercial, competitions. informational and cultural services to the southeastern . Serving the rough Atlanta is home to the Atlanta Taiwanese equivalent function of a consulate general, the Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, the office serves seven states in its jurisdiction: Southeastern Chapter of the U.S. Pan Asian Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, American Chamber of Commerce is located in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Florida. Norcross, Georgia. Steven Heui-Yuan Tai currently serves as Director General. Trade Relationship

In October 2011, TECO hosted Taiwan’s 100 year EXPORTS: In 2014, Georgia exports to Taiwan birthday celebration in Atlanta. TECO also helped totaled $592.6 million. Taiwan is the 17th largest coordinate a Taiwan Buyers’ Mission to Atlanta in export market for Georgia. 2011, organized by the American Institute of Taiwan’s Agricultural Trade Office. The mission Top exports from Georgia to Taiwan include included nine major Taiwanese agricultural heterocyclic compounds, civilian aircraft engines companies looking to import a variety of and parts, poultry, data processors, cotton and produce. kaolinic clays.

Two Georgia cities have sister city agreements Georgia leads the nation in the export of the with Taiwan: Atlanta - Taipei, Columbus - following goods to Taiwan: poultry, kaolinic Taichung. clays, carpets and textile floor coverings and gas turbines. The city of Macon has especially strong ties to Taiwan. The wife and sisters-in-law of Sun Yatsen, the “father” of Taiwan, all attended Wesleyan College in Macon in the early 1900s.

There is an exchange program between Lowndes County Schools of Valdosta, GA and Chia-Yi City

IMPORTS: In 2014, Georgia’s imports from Taiwan Taiwan. GPA provides six weekly shipping totaled more than $1.24 billion, a 12.05% increase services to the Port of Kaohsiung. from the previous year. The country is the 13th largest import market for Georgia. About GDEcD

Top imports from Taiwan mechanical hand tools, The Georgia Department of Economic printing machinery, radio and television Development (GDEcD) is the state’s sales and broadcasting equipment, batteries, rubber tires marketing arm, the lead agency for attracting and iron and steel fasteners. new business investment, encouraging the expansion of existing industry and small Capital Investment businesses, aligning workforce education and training with in-demand jobs, locating new There are at least 18 Georgia companies with markets for Georgia products, attracting operations in Taiwan, including but not limited to: tourists to Georgia, and promoting the state as a destination for arts and location for film, American Megatrends, Inc. music and digital entertainment projects, as Crawford & Company well as planning and mobilizing state resources of America for economic development. Invesco Ltd. Merial Ltd. *Information valid as of December 2015 Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. Onity Inc. Recall Corporation Travelport

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There are at least 21 Taiwanese facilities operating in Georgia. These Taiwanese-affiliated facilities currently employ more than 480 Georgians. A list can be found online at insite.georgia.org.

A large Taiwanese investment in Georgia is Maxxis Corporation, located in Newnan. The tire and wheel assembly company has several facilities in the state. Maxxis Corporation has been operating in Georgia since 1997. Transportation

Delta Air Lines provides daily one-stop and multi- stop flights from Atlanta to Taipei via Minneapolis-St. Paul and , .

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in Savannah has an established relationship with one ports in