HT: Newsalert
Update: "Exports at BMW’s Spartanburg plant have jumped 80% since 2009, as the German automaker tapped new markets in China, India and South America to offset lagging sales during the recent recession. The plant produced a record 276,000 cars in 2011 — BMW X3s, X5s, X6s — and exported 70% of them, or 192,000. It sold the popular SUVs to 130 countries throughout the world.
BMW exports from South Carolina jumped 52% in 2011, surpassing Michigan for the No. 1 spot among automobile exporters. South Carolina previously ranked first in auto exports in 2009. The state also ranked first among U.S. states in tire exports, holding nearly 30% of the share of U.S.-made exported tires. Michelin and Bridgestone have been stalwart manufacturers in the state for years and have announced expansions and Continental is building a new plant in Sumter County."
HT: Jon Murphy
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