Below are the top 20 American states that exported the highest dollar value worth of products during 2019. Combined, these export-leading states represent over four-fifths of the nation’s total exports.

1. Texas: US$330.5 billion (21% of US total)
2. California: $173.3 billion (11%)
3. New York: $73.3 billion (4.7%)
4. Louisiana: $63.7 billion (4.1%)
5. Washington: $60.1 billion (3.8%)
6. Illinois: $59.9 billion (3.8%)
7. Florida: $56 billion (3.6%)
8. Michigan: $55.3 billion (3.5%)
9. Ohio: $53 billion (3.4%)
10. Pennsylvania: $42.5 billion (2.7%)
11. South Carolina: $41.5 billion (2.6%)
12. Georgia: $41.2 billion (2.6%)
13. Indiana: $39.4 billion (2.5%)
14. New Jersey: $36 billion (2.3%)
15. North Carolina: $34.4 billion (2.2%)
16. Kentucky: $33.1 billion (2.1%)
17. Tennessee: $31.1 billion (2%)
18. Massachusetts: $26.1 billion (1.7%)
19. Arizona: $24.7 billion (1.6%)
20. Oregon: $23.5 billion (1.5%)

Among the above states, the fastest-growing exporters from 2018 to 2019 were: South Carolina (up 19.7%), Arizona (up 9.7%), Oregon (up 5.3%), North Carolina (up 4.9%) then Texas (up 4.6%).

Leading the decliners among the top US export states were Washington State (down -22.9%), New York (down -13.5%), Illinois (down -8.5%) and Louisiana (down -5.4%).

Top 10 Exports from Texas

Below are the top 10 exports from Texas during 2019. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all Texan exports.

1. Crude petroleum oils: US$57.9 billion (17.5% of total Texan exports)
2. Miscellaneous petroleum oils: $25.4 billion (7.7%)
3. Light petroleum oils: $22.7 billion (6.9%)
4. Liquified propane: $10.5 billion (3.2%)
5. Aircraft including engines, parts: $10.2 billion (3.1%)
6. Computer parts and accessories: $9.8 billion (3%)
7. Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $9.1 billion (2.7%)
8. Modems, similar reception/transmission devices: $4.2 billion (1.3%)
9. Machinery for making semi-conductors: $3.8 billion (1.2%)
10. Natural gas (gaseous state): $3.6 billion (1.1%)

The top 10 exports from Texas accounted for 47.7% of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Natural gas in its gaseous state represent the fastest grower among the top 10 Texan export categories, up by 56.2% from 2018 to 2019. In second place for improving export sales were crude petroleum oils which rose 50.1%. Third-fastest was a 44.5% gain for integrated circuits exported from Texas, well ahead of the 18.2% improvement in international sales for aircraft including engines and other parts.

Leading the decliners among Texas’ top 10 export products year over year were liquified propane (down -18.6%), miscellaneous petroleum oils (down -10.5%) and light petroleum oils (down -9.2%).

Top 10 Exports from California

Below are the top 10 exports from California during 2019. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all Californian exports.

1. Aircraft including engines, parts: US$7.2 billion (4.2% of California’s total exports)
2. Electric vehicles: $7.1 billion (4.1%)
3. Diamonds (unmounted): $4.6 billion (2.6%)
4. Modems, similar reception/transmission devices: $4.3 billion (2.5%)
5. Shelled almonds: $3.6 billion (2.1%)
6. Machinery for making semi-conductors: $3.6 billion (2.1%)
7. Miscellaneous petroleum oils: $2.98 billion (1.7%)
8. Integrated circuits (excluding processors/controllers): $2.95 billion (1.7%)
9. Other composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents: $2.6 billion (1.5%)
10. Medical/surgical instruments, appliances: $2.5 billion (1.4%)

California’s top 10 exports represent almost a quarter (23.9%) of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Electric vehicles became the fastest grower among California’s top 10 export categories, up by 141.4% from 2018 to 2019. In second place for improving export sales were shelled almonds thanks to a 9.1% gain. Shipments of medical or surgical instruments and appliances posted the third-fastest improvement via a 7.9% increase in value.

Leading the decliners among California’s top 10 export products were machinery for making semi-conductors (down -22.6%), unmounted diamonds (down -16.5%) and integrated electronic circuits (down -12.2%) excluding processors and controllers.

Top 10 Exports from New York

Below are the top 10 exports from New York State during 2019. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all exports from New York.

1. Diamonds (unmounted): US$12 billion (16.3% of New York’s total exports)
2. Hand-drawn paintings, drawings: $6.9 billion (9.4%)
3. Jewelry articles clad in precious metal: $5.2 billion (7.1%)
4. Rubies, sapphires, emeralds: $1.5 billion (2.1%)
5. Original sculptures, statues: $1.33 billion (1.8%)
6. Gold (unwrought): $1.33 billion (1.8%)
7. Aircraft including engines, parts: $1.2 billion (1.6%)
8. Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $977 million (1.3%)
9. Diesel engines: $700 million (1%)
10. Antiques older than 100 years: $614 million (0.8%)

New York’s top 10 exports represent less than half (43.2%) of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Exported antiques more than 100 years old appreciated up by 13.9% from 2018 to 2019. The only other top 10 export from New York to increase in value were processors and controllers for integrated circuits via a 9% rise.

The leading decliners among New York’s top 10 export products include gold (down -74.7%), hand-drawn paintings and drawings (down -18.5%), diesel engines (down -14.1%) and unmounted diamonds (down -10.3%).

Top 10 Exports from Louisiana

Below are the top 10 exports from Louisiana during 2019. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all exports from Louisiana.

1. Miscellaneous petroleum oils: $15.7 billion (24.7% of Louisiana’s total exports)
2. Soya beans: $9.1 billion (14.3%)
3. Natural gas (liquid): $6 billion (9.4%)
4. Light petroleum oils: $4.8 billion (7.6%)
5. Crude petroleum oils: $4.4 billion (6.9%)
6. Corn: $3.3 billion (5.3%)
7. Solid residues including soya bean oil-cake: $1.7 billion (2.7%)
8. Wheat (excluding durum): $818 million (1.3%)
9. Polyvinyl chloride: $718 million (1.1%)
10. Miscellaneous organic/inorganic compounds: $644 million (1%)

Louisiana’s top 10 exports accounted for roughly three-quarters (74.3%) of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Natural gas in liquid form was the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 51.8% from 2018 to 2019. In second place for improving export sales was wheat which appreciated 43.8%. Louisiana’s shipments of miscellaneous organic and inorganic compounds posted the third-fastest gain in value thanks to a 15.2% gain.

Year over year, leading the decliners among Louisiana’s top 10 export product categories were: corn (down -31.7%), crude petroleum oils (down -25.2%), solid residues including soya bean oil-cake (down -13.9%) and light petroleum oils (down -12.4%).

Top 10 Exports from Washington

Below are the top 10 exports from Washington State during 2019. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all Washington exports.

1. Aircraft including engines, parts: US$25.4 billion (42.2% of Washington’s total exports)
2. Soya beans: $4.1 billion (6.8%)
3. Wheat (excluding durum): $2.5 billion (4.2%)
4. Miscellaneous petroleum oils: $1.7 billion (2.9%)
5. Corn: $1.3 billion (2.2%)
6. Frozen potatoes: $883 million (1.5%)
7. Ultrasonic scanning equipment: $820 million (1.4%)
8. Fresh apples: $733 million (1.2%)
9. Soya bean flours, meals: $717 million (1.2%)
10. Rutabagas, similar forage products: $500 million (0.8%)

Washington’s top 10 exports represent 64.4% of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Soya beans was the fastest grower among Washington’s top 10 export categories, up by 71.4% from 2018 to 2019. In second place for improving export sales was non-durum wheat which rose 21.3%. Miscellaneous petroleum oils shipped from Washington posted the third-fastest gain in value up by 18.9%.

Leading decliners year over year were Washington’s exports of corn (down -64.1%), aircraft including engines and other parts (down -39.3%) and ultrasonic scanning equipment (down -5.9%).