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Import/Export Price Indexes

Mid-Atlantic: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights

April 2026

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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 $96.9 billion in 2025, a decrease of 3.7 percent from 2024. Export prices for chemical manufacturing, the largest export industry for the region, advanced in March. Prices for export machinery manufacturing and transportation equipment manufacturing also increased in March, while prices for computer and electronic product manufacturing declined.

Top Six Mid-Atlantic Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2025

  • Overall exports from the Mid-Atlantic represented 4.5 percent of the U.S. total export trade dollar value in 2025.
  • Mid-Atlantic chemical manufacturing exports accounted for 6.8 percent of the industry's total U.S. exports by trade dollar value in 2025.
  • The top 6 export industries from the Mid-Atlantic accounted for 63.2 percent of the region's total 2025 export trade dollar value.

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. 

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. 

 

Mid-Atlantic Information Office • BLSInfoPhiladelphia@bls.gov • https://www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic/ • 215-597-3282 

 

Last Modified Date: April 30, 2026