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Endnotes:
1.
The ocean economy includes the activities in the states adjacent to the Great Lakes.
2.
It is important to note that this sector also includes offshore sand and gravel min-
ing, accounting for all of this sector's activity in some regions.
companies that supply hotels with everything from artwork
to water coolers. As many procurement companies feature
nationwide distribution centers, this supports inland econo-
mies by creating jobs for people living near a center, and
some goods that the hotel industry needs are niche goods
that come from companies that are based inland.
Ports provide entry and exit points for the inland U.S. econ-
omy to receive foreign goods and ship goods internationally.
In 2012, the estimated value of foreign imports from the rest
of the country through California ports totaled $331 bil-
lion, and the value of state foreign exports was $99.2 billion.
Some imported products, such as car parts or chemicals for
plastic production, support manufacturing jobs and allow
for the production of goods that can then become exports
themselves. Finished goods that the U.S. imports support
retail jobs.
Commodity-level imports and exports are another way to
link the ocean and inland economies. Electronics ($60.4 bil-
lion), motorized vehicles ($50.8 billion), and textiles and
leather ($49 billion) were the top three commodities exported
through California ports. The top three commodity imports
were waste and scrap ($15.8 billion), machinery ($11.6 bil-
lion), and other agricultural products ($9.2 billion). These
statistics also demonstrate how California's ports support
key U.S. industries.
Looking Ahead
The coastal economy is large and contributes significantly
to the national economy. As a subset of the coastal econ-
omy, the ocean economy is therefore also important to the
national economy.
Although we know a lot about the ocean economy, there
is a lot more to learn that will enhance the data we have
currently. Through the Ocean Economy Satellite Account,
NOAA and the Bureau of Economic Analysis hope to
develop a more complete understanding, in numbers, of the
connections between the national economy and the ocean
economy.
About the authors:
Ms. Tracy Rouleau is NOAA's deputy chief economist in the Office of Pro-
gram Planning and Integration, which is the nexus where social science is
powered, coordinated, and catalyzed across NOAA.
Mr. Jeffery Adkins is an economist with I.M. Systems Group, supporting
NOAA. Jeff is the lead economist for NOAA's Economics: National Ocean
Watch data that provides time-series data for six economic sectors that
depend upon the oceans and Great Lakes.
Ms. Valerie Were is a social scientist with I.M. Systems Group, supporting
NOAA in the Office of Program Planning and Integration. She works on a
variety of projects that integrate social science across NOAA's line offices.
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