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Import/Export Price Indexes
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Mid-Atlantic: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights

June 2025

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The Mid-Atlantic region, composed of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, exported a total trade dollar value of $100.2 billion in 2024, a decrease of 0.3 percent from 2023. Export prices for chemical manufacturing, the largest export industry for the region, decreased in May. Prices for export computer and electronic product manufacturing also fell in May, while prices for export transportation equipment manufacturing and machinery manufacturing increased over the same period.

Top Six Mid-Atlantic Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2024

  • Overall exports from the Mid-Atlantic represented 4.9 percent of the U.S. total export trade dollar value in 2024.
  • Mid-Atlantic chemical manufacturing exports accounted for 7.3 percent of the industry's total U.S. exports by trade dollar value in 2024.
  • The top 6 export industries from the Mid-Atlantic accounted for 63.7 percent of the region's total 2024 export trade dollar value.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Last Modified Date: June 27, 2025