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

May 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, increased in April. Prices for export transportation equipment manufacturing and computer and electronic product manufacturing also advanced in April, while prices for export machinery manufacturing decreased 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 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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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: 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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Last Modified Date: May 30, 2025