There are four French-speaking countries in this group. Here are the export figures in millions of dollars:
3. Canada $12,111.2
12. France $2,955.1
15. Belgium $1,713.7
24. Switzerland $901.1
Total: $17,681,100,000
In California, 4.6% of the workforce works for foreign companies operating within the state.
As of 1995, foreign investors owned 954,052 acres of California farm land.
In 1995, France ranked as the state's 6th largest investor. In 1995, French investment in California (property, plant and equipment) totaled $4.6 billion or nearly 5 percent of the total. French affiliates accounted for 31,600 jobs or 5.8 percent of all jobs created by foreign investment in California.
California: Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment
California Council for International Trade
The International Business Relations Program (California Business Portal)
California Chamber of Commerce - International Resources
California's Gateway for Global Trade
California's Centers for International Trade Development
Welcome to California (International Business)
California and the World Economy: Exports, Foreign Direct Investment and US Trade Policy (77 page report)
Canadian State Trade Fact Sheets 2004 (California)
Los Angeles
Solange Green, Director
8222 Melrose Avenue, Suite 203
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Tel: 00 1 323 651 4741
Fax: 00 1 323 651 2547
Email: info@frenchchamberla.org
www.frenchchamberla.org
San Francisco
Mme Carole Granade, Director
703 Market, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 00 1 415 442 4717-
Fax: 00 1 415 442 4621
Email: info@faccsf.com
www.faccsf.com
San Diego
SDFACC, c/o RSDT
3733 Avocado Boulevard
La Mesa, CA 91941
Tel: 619-668-8559
Email: webmail@france-sandiego.org
http://www.france-sandiego.org/
San Francisco
88 Kearny Street, Suite 1510 (between Post Street and Geary Street)
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: (415) 781-0986
Fax: (415) 781-4750
Los Angeles
1801 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 940 (au croisement de Santa Monica Blvd)
Los Angeles, CA 90067
San Francisco
David G. Roberts
Steuart Tower, Suite 1640
One Market Plaza
San Francisco, California 94105
Tel: (415) 931 6578
Fax: (415) 931 6588
http://www.crossborder.com/canam/