Industry's Impact on Georgia

• Georgia is home to 27 major pulp and paper mills that annually ship $10 billion in pulp and paperboard products worldwide,
  employ 26,000 Georgians and have an annual payroll of $1.2 billion.



• More than 800 food processing establishments dot the state, employing 70,000 workers and shipping products
  valued at $16 billion annually. Georgia's food processing industry is diverse in terms of size, production and geographic distribution.
  Its annual payroll is almost $2 billion.



• More than 700 Georgia companies ship apparel, carpet and textile products valued at over $20 billion annually.
  The industries employ 107,000 workers in Georgia and generate an annual payroll of over $2.7 billion.