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ProChile in the World

Houston, USA

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About the Market

Texas is an excellent state for business, thanks to its first-class infrastructure, its highly qualified labour force, fair legal system, economic strength, and high life quality.

The health sector is the one that offers the most opportunities, just in the area of Dallas-Fort Worth it had an income of USD $52 billion for medical treatments in 2019. Another example of its importance is the Texas Medical Centre, which treats 10 million of patients, performed more than 180,000 surgeries and registered 750,000 emergency visits per year.

In the technology sector, Austin stands out, ranked in 2017 as the third city in United States with more growth and creation of jobs in this sector. Large and innovative global companies, such as Facebook, Google and Apple have opened their offices in the capital of Texas, adding to the important emergent talents.

The three determining factors to reach the top 3 where: The amount of patent licenses, Venture Capital funds and Research and Education. In 2018 USD $1,3 trillion were invested in Venture capital and this number is still increasing.

Arizona also is part of the jurisdiction of this office, and it stands out for being the fourth producer of copper in the world. It counts with more than 62,000 employees that contribute with approximately USD $7,5 billion to the GDP of the state.

Interesting Information

Interesting Information

GDP 2021 (MMUS$): 22.996.100

GDP PER CAPITA 2021 (US$): 69.288

Population: 331.893.745

TOTAL CIF IMP 2021 (MMUS$): 2.937.140

TOTAL FOB EXP 2021 (MMUS$): 1.754.578

CIF Importations 2021 (Market rules Chile) (MMUS$): 18.659

Non-copper FOB Exportations from Chile to the Market 2021 (MMUS$): 8.730

*Data from the year 2021. Source The World Bank