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Extends official legislative greetings to Consul General Nagesh Singh of India during his trade mission visit to Mississippi from February 27 through March 2, 2017.

India ranks as Mississippi's 19th largest export market with a 30% increase in exports between November 2015 and November 2016.

Mississippi leads all U.S. states in tanning and dye extract exports to India, is the 8th largest exporter of mineral fuels, and 10th largest exporter of medical instruments to India.

Jindal Tubular, an Indian company operating in Port Bienville Industrial Park since August 2014, employs nearly 200 people and ranks as Mississippi's largest Indian investor.

Mississippi maintains educational partnerships with Indian universities through memoranda of understanding at Mississippi State University and Alcorn State University, with approximately 6,000 Indian-Americans living in the state.