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Import/Export Price Indexes
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California: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights
June 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, decreased in May. Export prices for chemical manufacturing also declined in May, while export prices for transportation equipment manufacturing and machinery manufacturing 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 edged down 0.1 percent in May.
- The monthly decrease in export prices for computer and electronic product manufacturing was driven by a 0.3-percent decline in prices for computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing.
- Export computer and electronic product manufacturing prices advanced 0.2 percent for the 12 months ended May 2025.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Machinery Manufacturing
- The price index for export machinery manufacturing advanced 0.3 percent in May.
- Export machinery manufacturing prices increased 0.9 percent from May 2024 to May 2025.
- A 2.6-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 May.
- Transportation equipment manufacturing export prices rose 2.9 percent for the 12 months ended May 2025.
- A 3.8-percent rise in prices for motor vehicle parts manufacturing contributed to the 12-month advance in prices for transportation equipment manufacturing.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Chemical Manufacturing
- Export chemical manufacturing prices declined 0.3 percent in May.
- A 1.3-percent decrease in prices for resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial synthetic fibers manufacturing contributed to the decline in prices for chemical manufacturing in May.
- The price index for chemical manufacturing exports advanced 3.4 percent over the past year.
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Last Modified Date: June 27, 2025