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Import/Export Price Indexes
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California: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights
April 2026
In 2025, California ranked second among U.S. states and territories in total exports. The 2025 export trade dollar value from California totaled $188.4 billion, an increase of 2.4 percent from 2024. The price index for the top export industry in California, computer and electronic product manufacturing, decreased in March. Export prices for chemical manufacturing, transportation equipment manufacturing, and machinery manufacturing advanced over the same period.
Top Six California Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2025
- California exports represented 8.6 percent of the U.S. total export trade dollar value in 2025.
- California accounted for 18.0 percent of total U.S. exports of computer and electronic product manufacturing by trade dollar value in 2025, ranking second among all states.
- The top 6 export industries from California accounted for 70.6 percent of the state's total 2025 export trade dollar value.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- Computer and electronic product manufacturing export prices declined 0.4 percent in March.
- The monthly decrease in export prices for computer and electronic product manufacturing was driven by a 3.5-percent decline in prices for export semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing.
- Export computer and electronic product manufacturing prices advanced 0.2 percent for the 12 months ended March 2026.
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Machinery Manufacturing
- The price index for export machinery manufacturing ticked up 0.1 percent in March.
- Export machinery manufacturing prices increased 2.5 percent from March 2025 to March 2026.
- A 5.9-percent advance in prices for other general purpose machinery manufacturing contributed to the 12-month rise in prices for export machinery manufacturing.
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Chemical Manufacturing
- Export chemical manufacturing prices advanced 0.9 percent in March.
- A 3.0-percent rise in prices for resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial synthetic fibers manufacturing contributed to the advance in prices for export chemical manufacturing in March.
- The price index for chemical manufacturing exports increased 0.2 percent over the past year.
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
- The price index for export transportation equipment manufacturing increased 0.2 percent in March.
- Transportation equipment manufacturing export prices rose 2.6 percent for the 12 months ended March 2026.
- A 3.7-percent rise in prices for motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing contributed to the 12-month advance in prices for export transportation equipment manufacturing.
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
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Last Modified Date: April 30, 2026