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

May 2025

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Texas remained the top exporting state in 2024, with a total export trade dollar value of $455.0 billion, 2.0 percent higher than 2023. The export price index for computer and electronic product manufacturing, the largest nonenergy export industry from Texas, increased in April. Export prices for transportation equipment manufacturing and chemical manufacturing also advanced in April, while prices for export machinery manufacturing decreased over the same period.

Top Six Texas Nonenergy Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2024

  • The combined value of exports from Texas represented 22.0 percent of the 2024 U.S. total export trade dollar value.
  • Texas accounted for 22.0 percent of the total U.S. export trade dollar value for computer and electronic product manufacturing in 2024, ranking first among U.S. states in exports for the industry.
  • The top 6 nonenergy exports from Texas accounted for 80.4 percent of the total trade dollar value of Texas nonenergy exports in 2024.
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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: 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: 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