South Carolina seeks agri-business investors

South Carolina has launched a campaign to lure Canadian investors in its agri-business sector.

It has hired Sanford Holshouser Economic Development Consulting of Raleigh to handle the campaign.

South Carolina says its agri-business sector has a $46.2 billion economic impact and supports more than 246,000 jobs in a state of five million people. 

It had a 25 percent growth rate between 2010 and 2018. 

The state is a welcoming environment for business, with a dedicated Office of Agribusiness Development to help guide projects and is well positioned for national and international trade.

The Port of Charleston is the most efficient port on the East Coast and the state is within a day’s driving distance of 75 percent of the U.S. population.