LOUISIANA & MILLIONS OF U.S. JOBS depend on trade & investment with Canada 112 Canadian-owned businesses EMPLOY 7,497 WORKERS in

Photo: La Salle Lumber La Salle Lumber In 2019, LaSalle Lumber Company opened the first new sawmill built in the state Canada is the in more than two decades, bringing together two family-owned businesses that have been involved in the forest industry for generations. #1 CUSTOMER The new, highly-automated sawmill, which employs 115 people, is a joint venture for most states between Hunt Forest Products of Ruston, Louisiana, and Tolko Industries, Ltd., a Canadian company that produces a wide range of forest products for customers around the world. Along with skilled job opportunities, this partnership will provide a local outlet for the abundant inventory of southern yellow pine. Located in La Salle Parish, a region founded on forestry, this venture will boost the local economy while welcoming in a new generation of technology to the state’s lumber industry. Canada & the U.S. trade an average of $1.4 MILLION CGI Invests in Acadianaʼs IT Talent in bilateral goods & services -based CGI has created more than 1,500 jobs by hiring workers and EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY building state-of-the-art IT facilities in small towns and non-metro areas across the . Nowhere has the strategy been more successful than in Louisiana. In 2016, CGI opened a $13.1 million, 50,000 square foot onshore IT service center in Lafayette and remains an anchor tenant of the 143-acre Research Park of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The project also included a state-funded, 10-year, $4.5 million higher education initiative led by UL Lafayette with a goal to Canada is the #2 triple the number of undergraduate degrees awarded annually by the University’s $ $ School of Computing and Informatics. SOURCE of foreign Today, Lafayette is one of seven small and mid-sized communities nationwide that #2 direct investment have become partners in the success of CGI’s nationwide onshoring strategy. $ $ in the U.S. Canada and the U.S.: There for Each Other In 2020, Canada and the U.S. again worked together as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the world. Canada and the U.S. preserved supply chains across the border, deeming trucking essential. Canada and the U.S. traded important inputs for the production of personal protective equipment and medical equipment, maintaining a thriving bilateral trade in finished goods. Soon after the outbreak, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research began awarding grants to Canada is the joint research projects proposed by Canadian and U.S. institutions to try and find United Statesʼ an end to the virus. No matter our shared challenges and as we have done in times of crisis, Canada #1 EXPORT MARKET and the U.S. will continue to support one another as friends, partners and allies. Louisiana EXPORTS $2.4 BILLION in goods to Canada annually TOP LOUISIANA GOODS EXPORTS TO CANADA Exports by industry Plastics & plastic articles...... $490 million Agriculture (6%) Fuel oil...... $451 million Chemicals (23%) Crude petroleum...... $279 million Energy (34%) Organic chemicals...... $128 million Equipment & machinery (5%) Petroleum coke & bitumen...... $95 million Plastics & rubbers (22%) Inorganic chemicals...... $92 million Transportation (5%) Aircraft & parts...... $85 million Other (5%) Animal or vegetable fats, oils & waxes...... $51 million Coffee, tea, & spices...... $49 million Rubber & rubber articles...... $40 million Louisiana TOP LOUISIANA SERVICES EXPORTS TO CANADA EXPORTS $1.3 BILLION Transportation Services...... $756 million in services to Canada annually Travel Services...... $279 million Business & Professional Services...... $127 million Royalties...... $86 million Personal, Cultural & Recreational Services...... $29 million

Louisiana IMPORTS $2.5 BILLION in goods from Canada annually

TOP LOUISIANA GOODS IMPORTS FROM CANADA Imports by industry Crude petroleum...... $1.3 billion Agriculture (7%) Fertilizers...... $89 million Chemicals (7%) Ores, slag & ash...... $84 million Energy (56%) Aluminum & aluminum articles...... $83 million Fuel oil...... $68 million Equipment & machinery (10%) Plastics & plastic articles...... $67 million Forest products (4%) Animal or vegetable fats, oils & waxes...... $58 million Minerals & metals (8%) Wood & semi-finished wood products...... $47 million Plastics & rubbers (3%) Engines & turbines...... $44 million Other (5%) Beverages & alcohol...... $43 million

Over 76% of U.S. imports from Canada are goods that 76% are used in the production Canada sells more to Louisiana than it of other goods sells to Belgium

Connect with Our Team CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA, Dallas, TX Stay informed about the Canada–U.S. relationship. Rachel McCormick, Consul General @connect2canada /connect2canada (214) 922-9806 [email protected] @CanCGDallas @connect2canada connect2canada.com /CanCGDallas @canadaindallas dallas.gc.ca April 2021 New Orleans, LA Unless otherwise mentioned, all figures are based on 2020 data in U.S. Patricia C. Denechaud, Honorary Consul dollars. U.S. Census Bureau: goods trade, Canada's export ranking (2/2021 release). U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: 2020 goods & services trade (3/2021 release). The Trade Partnership: 2019 services EMBASSY OF CANADA, Washington, DC exports (estimated, 2/2021 release). Dun + Bradstreet: Canadian-owned businesses (3/2021 release). Figures may not add up due to rounding. (202) 682-1740 Produced by the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC. [email protected] washington.gc.ca canadianembassy.org/statetrade