Georgia has been ramping up efforts to foster business ties with China, where the state exported $3.73 billion worth of goods in 2013, a $45 million increase from the year before. Its main export products include cotton, aluminum, civilian aircraft engines and parts, and meat products. China was Georgia's No 1 import nation last year with $17.6 billion in furniture, plastics, medical equipment and toys, according to the economic development department. Georgia has seen its relationship with China grow, boosted by machinery-manufacturing company SANY America's 2007 $60 million investment to build a 400,000-square-foot office and manufacturing complex in Peachtree, Georgia. SANY was the first Chinese company to invest in Georgia, and has created 120 jobs since opening and hopes to add 300 more jobs in the next few years.