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Import/Export Price Indexes
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California: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights

May 2025

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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 April. Export prices for transportation equipment manufacturing and chemical manufacturing also advanced in April, while prices for export machinery manufacturing declined 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.
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

  • Computer and electronic product manufacturing export prices increased 0.5 percent in April.
  • Export computer and electronic product manufacturing prices advanced 0.4 percent for the 12 months ended April 2025.
  • The over-the-year increase in export prices for computer and electronic product manufacturing was driven by a 3.0-percent rise in prices for computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing.
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Machinery Manufacturing

  • The price index for export machinery manufacturing declined 0.5 percent in April.
  • Export machinery manufacturing prices increased 1.1 percent from April 2024 to April 2025.
  • A 2.8-percent advance in prices for industrial machinery manufacturing contributed to the 12-month increase in prices for machinery manufacturing.
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

  • The price index for export transportation equipment manufacturing increased 0.3 percent in April.
  • Transportation equipment manufacturing export prices rose 2.4 percent for the 12 months ended April 2025.
  • A 2.5-percent rise in prices for motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing contributed to the 12-month advance in prices for transportation equipment manufacturing.
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Chemical Manufacturing

  • Export chemical manufacturing prices advanced 0.4 percent in April.
  • A 0.6-percent increase in prices for pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing led the rise in prices for chemical manufacturing in April.
  • The price index for chemical manufacturing exports advanced 3.4 percent over the past year.
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Last Modified Date: May 30, 2025