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California: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights
April 2025
In 2024, California ranked second among U.S. states and territories in total exports. The 2024 export trade dollar value from California totaled $183.3 billion, an increase of 2.6 percent from 2023. The price index for the top export industry in California, computer and electronic product manufacturing, increased in March. Export prices for transportation equipment manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing also advanced over the same period.
Top Six California Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2024
- California exports represented 8.9 percent of the U.S. total in 2024.
- California accounted for 18.5 percent of total U.S. exports of computer and electronic product manufacturing by trade dollar value in 2024, ranking second among all states.
- The top 6 export industries from California accounted for 68.8 percent of the state's total 2024 export trade dollar value.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- Computer and electronic product manufacturing export prices advanced 0.2 percent in March.
- A 0.7-percent rise in prices for computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing contributed to the 1-month increase in prices for computer and electronic product manufacturing.
- Export computer and electronic product manufacturing prices ticked up 0.1 percent for the 12 months ended March 2025.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Machinery Manufacturing
- The price index for export machinery manufacturing increased 0.5 percent in March.
- Export machinery manufacturing prices increased 2.4 percent from March 2024 to March 2025.
- A 3.4-percent advance in prices for industrial machinery manufacturing contributed to the 12-month increase in prices for machinery manufacturing.
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 2.8 percent for the 12 months ended March 2025.
- A 3.1-percent rise in prices for motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing contributed to the 12-month advance in prices for transportation equipment manufacturing.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Chemical Manufacturing
- Export chemical manufacturing prices ticked up 0.1 percent in March.
- A 0.8-percent increase in prices for basic chemical manufacturing led the rise in prices for chemical manufacturing in March.
- The price index for chemical manufacturing exports advanced 2.7 percent over the past year.
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Last Modified Date: April 29, 2025