2007 Top Exporting States in the US

U.S. the world’s largest economy shows how the world economy is doing and in year 2007, U.S. exports of goods and services grew 12.2 percent to $1.6 trillion. The largest markets for U.S. exports were Canada ($248.9 billion, up 7.9 percent), Mexico ($136.5 billion, up 1.9 percent), China ($65.2 billion, up 18.2 percent) and Japan ($62.7 billion, up 5.1 percent). Some states enjoyed that export boom more than others. Here’s the top ten. (Source: US Census Bureau State Export Data Series, Exports of Goods by State, Zip Code Based, by NAICS-Based Products, 2007 Calendar Year)

10. Pennsylvania $34.57 Billion. The state’s top two markets that year were Canada and Mexico. Pennsylvania’s other top markets were Belgium, The United Kingdom and China. Chemicals topped the list followed by primary metal manufactured goods and transportation equipment. 

9. New Jersey $36.77 Billion. Canada was the state’s top market, nearing 20 percent of New Jersey’s total. Canada was followed by The United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and Mexico. New Jersey’s leading export category is chemicals in 2007. Other top exports that year included the primary metal group, transportation equipment, and electronics. 

8. Florida $41.58 Billion. The state’s largest market was Brazil followed by Canada, Venezuela, Mexico and Colombia. The state’s leading export category is computers and electronic products, which alone accounted for 27 percent of the total. Other top exports were transportation equipment, machinery and chemicals.

7. Ohio $43.59 Billion. The state’s largest market in 2007 by far was Canada, almost half (46 percent) of the total. Ohio’s second-largest market was Mexico, followed by Japan, China and The United Kingdom. Ohio’s leading export category was transportation equipment. Other top export categories that year were machinery, chemicals, and electronics.

 6. Illinois $57.92 Billion. The state’s largest export market is Canada, 27 percent of the state total. Canada was followed by Mexico, Germany, Australia and The United Kingdom. The state’s leading export category is machinery. Other top exports are transportation equipment, chemicals and electronics.

 5. Washington State $ 61.99 Billion. The state’s largest market in 2007 was China. Other top markets include Japan, Canada, India and South Korea. Washington exported a minimum of $1 billion in goods to twelve other markets. The transportation equipment sector dominates the state’s export profile, accounting for 64 percent of the total. Computers were second, followed by electronic products, machinery and processed foods.

 4. Michigan $ 67.94 Billion. The state’s largest foreign market, by far was Canada, which absorbed 58 percent of the Michigan’s total exports. Canada was followed by Mexico, China, Japan, and Germany. Michigan’s leading export category is transportation equipment, at 52 percent, or $23.2 billion. Other top export sectors are machinery, chemicals and primary metal manufacturing.

 3. New York $ 72.58 Billion. The state’s largest market was NAFTA member Canada, which accounted for 19 percent of the state’s total exports. The United Kingdom, Switzerland, Israel, and Hong Kong fill out the top five. New York’s leading export category is miscellaneous manufacturing, which accounted for 21 percent of the state’s total export shipments. Computers and electronic products ranked second, followed by primary metal manufactured items and machinery.

 2. Texas $130.66 Billion. The state’s largest market in 2007 by far was NAFTA member Mexico, with $56 billion, or 33 percent, of the total. The value of Texas’strade with Mexico alone is larger than the world trade totals of every state but California, New York and Washington.  The state’s leading export category is chemicals, which account for 21 percent of the total. Computers and electronic products ranked second, followed by machinery and transportation equipment.

 1. California $ 142.61 Billion. Exports account for approximately one-quarter of the state’s economy. In 2007, California’s largest export market was NAFTA partner Mexico, with $18.3 billion in goods. Mexico accounted for 14 percent of California’s exports. Other top markets include our other NAFTA partner, Canada ($16.1 billion), Japan ($13.5 billion), China ($10.6 billion) and South Korea($7.4 billion). The top export category was computers and electronic products, which accounted for 33 percent of all exports. Machinery ranked second, followed by transportation equipment and chemical products.

These were the top exporting states in the U.S. in the year 2007.