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Import/Export Price Indexes

Pacific Northwest: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights

October 2026

Photo of cliffs and beaches on the Pacific Northwest coast

Exports from the Pacific Northwest—composed of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska—totaled $99.9 billion in 2025, up 2.4 percent from 2024. The price index for the top export industry in the Pacific Northwest, transportation equipment manufacturing, advanced in September. Export prices for computer and electronic product manufacturing, food manufacturing, and crop production also increased over the same period.

Top Six Pacific Northwest Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2025

  • Exports from the Pacific Northwest represented 4.6 percent of U.S. exports by trade dollar value in 2025.
  • Transportation equipment manufacturing was the largest 2025 export industry in the Pacific Northwest, with the region representing 10.9 percent of total U.S. exports by trade dollar value for the industry.
  • The top 6 export industries from the Pacific Northwest accounted for 76.8 percent of the region's total 2025 export trade dollar value.

U.S. Export Price Indexes: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

  • The price index for export transportation equipment manufacturing increased 0.4 percent in September.
  • Transportation equipment manufacturing export prices rose 2.6 percent for the 12 months ended September 2026.
  • A 4.8-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 increased 1.3 percent in September.
  • Export computer and electronic product manufacturing prices advanced 6.2 percent for the 12 months ended September 2026.
  • The 12-month rise in export prices for computer and electronic product manufacturing was driven by a 13.8-percent increase in prices for export computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing.

Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. 

U.S. Export Price Indexes: Crop Production

  • Crop production export prices increased 4.5 percent in September, the largest monthly rise since the index advanced 4.9 percent in November 2022.
  • A 6.9 percent advance in prices for oilseed and grain farming contributed to the 1-month rise in export crop production prices in September.
  • Over the past year, prices for export crop production increased 12.8 percent.

Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. 

U.S. Export Price Indexes: Food Manufacturing

  • Food manufacturing export prices advanced 0.8 percent in September.
  • Export prices for food manufacturing increased 6.4 percent over the past 12 months.
  • The 12-month rise in export prices for food manufacturing was driven by a 21.2-percent advance in prices for dairy product manufacturing.

Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. 

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Last Modified Date: October 28, 2026