That dollar amount results from a 24.2% increase from $1.754 trillion five years earlier in 2021.
Year over year, the overall value of goods exported from the U.S. grew by 5.5% compared to $2.064 trillion for 2024.
America’s 5 leading export products by value in 2025 were refined petroleum oils, crude oil, petroleum gases, unwrought gold and computers. In aggregate, those major exported goods generated over one quarter (27.4%) of overall exports sold by the United States. That relatively high percentage suggests a concentrated range of exported goods. Furthermore, 3 of America’s most valuable exports are energy-related commodities.
America’s Most Valuable Trade Partners
The latest available country-specific data shows that 65.7% of products exported from the U.S. was bought by importers in: Mexico (15.5% of the American total), Canada (15.1%), mainland China (4.9%), United Kingdom (4.5%), Netherlands (4.4%), Germany (3.81%), Japan (3.77%), Switzerland (3.3%), South Korea (3.2%), Taiwan (2.51%), Brazil (2.5%) and France (2.3%).
From a continental perspective, 30.7% of United States’ exports by value was delivered to North American countries while 28.6% was sold to importers in Asia. The United States shipped another 27.2% worth of goods to buyers in Europe.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Latin America (9.8%) including Caribbean but excluding Mexico, Africa (1.9%), then Oceania (1.8%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
Given America’s population of 342.8 million people, its total US$2.178 trillion in export sales during 2025 translates to roughly $6,350 for every U.S. resident. That metric exceeds the average $6,150 for 2024.
United States Top 10 Exports
The following export product groups categorize the highest dollar value in American global shipments during 2024. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from the United States.
- Mineral fuels including oil: US$308.9 billion (14.2% of total exports)
- Machinery including computers: $283.6 billion (13%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $226 billion (10.4%)
- Aircraft, spacecraft: $164.3 billion (7.5%)
- Gems, precious metals: $149.3 billion (6.9%)
- Vehicles: $131.4 billion (6%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $106.3 billion (4.9%)
- Pharmaceuticals: $97.8 billion (4.5%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $77.7 billion (3.6%)
- Organic chemicals: $59.2 billion (2.7%)
America’s top 10 export product categories represent 73.7% of the overall value of U.S. global shipments.
Gems and precious metals represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 102.4% year over year. Gold was a major driver for this percentage increase.
In second place for improving export sales was aircraft and spacecraft, which advanced 22.4%.
U.S. shipments of organic chemicals posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 14.1% year over year.
The leading decliner among America’s top 10 export categories was the vehicles grouping, pulled down by an -8.6% reduction.
Note that the results listed above are at the categorized two-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level. For a more granular view of exported goods at the four-digit HTS code level, see the section below.
America’s Most Valuable Export Products: A Detailed View
The following searchable table displays 25 of the most in-demand goods shipped from the United States during 2025. Shown beside each product label is its total export value then the percentage increase or decrease from 2024 to 2025.
- Processed petroleum oils: US$224.6 billion (up 10.9% since 2024)
- Crude oil: $109.5 billion (down -6.8%)
- Petroleum gases: $100.3 billion (down -15.3%)
- Gold (unwrought): $81.9 billion (up 31.7%)
- Computers, optical readers: $80.6 billion (up 171.5%)
- Blood fractions (including antisera): $61.2 billion (up 52.6%)
- Cars: $57.3 billion (up 5%)
- Integrated circuits/microassemblies: $53.5 billion (down -9.6%)
- Phone devices including smartphones: $51.5 billion (up 1.7%)
- Automobile parts/accessories: $47.1 billion (up 20.8%)
- Electro-medical equipment (e.g. xrays): $43.3 billion (down -4%)
- Computer parts, accessories: $36.9 billion (up 0.2%)
- Medication mixes in dosage: $35.8 billion (up 48.9%)
- Other precious metal items: $34.6 billion (up 2.7%)
- Machinery for making semi-conductors: $21.5 billion (up 1767.9%)
- Hormones, miscellaneous steroids: $19.3 billion (down -2.3%)
- Corn: $19.1 billion (up 91.6%)
- Trucks: $18.9 billion (up 31.6%)
- Ethylene polymers: $17.5 billion (down -17.5%)
- Soya beans: $16.5 billion (up 0.2%)
- Turbo-jets: $16.5 billion (down -33%)
- Taps, valves, similar appliances: $15.9 billion (up 12.8%)
- Insulated wire/cable: $14.5 billion (up 2.7%)
- Orthopedic appliances: $13.9 billion (up 10.8%)
- Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $13.6 billion (up 4.7%)
These 25 exported goods were worth a subtotal of US$1.189 trillion or 54.6% by value for all products exported from the U.S. during 2025.
Products Generating Greatest Trade Surpluses for the United States
The following types of American product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.
In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.
- Aircraft, spacecraft: US$130.5 billion (Up by 32.7% since 2024)
- Mineral fuels including oil: $92.5 billion (Up by 34%)
- Cereals: $24.6 billion (Up by 17%)
- Oil seeds: $18.7 billion (Down by -30.9%)
- Other chemical goods: $14 billion (Up by 7.5%)
- Food industry waste, animal fodder: $8.2 billion (Down by -8.3%)
- Ores, slag, ash: $5.5 billion (Up by 14.9%)
- Cotton: $5.1 billion (Down by -4.3%)
- Arms, ammunition: $4.5 billion (Up by 139.2%)
- Woodpulp: $3.8 billion (Up by 1.1%)
The United States has highly positive net exports in the international trade of aircraft launching gear and other on-deck landing equipment. In turn, these cashflows indicate America’s strong competitive advantages under the aerospace-related product category.
Products Causing Biggest Trade Deficits for the United States
America incurred a -US$1.328 trillion trade deficit for 2025, expanding by 2.6% from the -$1.295 trillion in red ink for all products one year earlier in 2024.
Below are product categories from the United States that are negative net exports or product trade balance deficits for 2024. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on American goods trail U.S. importer spending on foreign products.
- Machinery including computers: -US$381.5 billion (Up by 36.9% since 2024)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: -$287.5 billion (Up by 5.7%)
- Vehicles: -$206.5 billion (Down by -16.6%)
- Pharmaceuticals: -$116 billion (Down by -1.9%)
- Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: -$57.2 billion (Down by -9.3%)
- Organic chemicals: -$44.7 billion (Up by 133%)
- Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: -$43.6 billion (Down by -1%)
- Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): -$32.6 billion (Down by -3.2%)
- Toys, games: -$30.3 billion (Down by -16.8%)
- Footwear: -$25.9 billion (Down by -4%)
United States has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits for machinery and electronics-related equipment, notably consumer electronics.
The resulting cashflow deficiency clearly exemplifies U.S. competitive disadvantages in the international markets for machinery and electronics, but also represents key opportunities for entrepreneurs in the United States to improve the home country’s position in the global economy through focused innovations and creative employment initiatives.
Major American Export Companies
Wikipedia lists many of the larger international trade players from the United States.
- AbbVie (pharmaceuticals)
- Apple (computer hardware)
- Boeing (aerospace)
- Chevron Corporation (oil, gas)
- Cisco Systems (communications equipment)
- ConocoPhillips (oil, gas)
- Eli Lilly and Company (pharmaceuticals)
- Exxon Mobil (oil, gas)
- Intel (semiconductors)
- Johnson & Johnson (medical equipment, supplies)
- Merck & Co (pharmaceuticals)
- Occidental Petroleum (oil, gas)
- PepsiCo (beverages)
- Pfizer (pharmaceuticals)
- Philip Morris International (tobacco)
- Procter & Gamble (household, personal care items)
- Qualcomm (semiconductors)
- Schlumberger (oil, gas)
- The Coca-Cola Company (beverages)
In macroeconomic terms, the United States’ total exported goods represent 7.1% of its overall Gross Domestic Product ($30.5 trillion valued in Purchasing Power Parity U.S. dollars). That 7.1% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2024 mirrors the 7.5% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively stable reliance on products sold on international markets for America’s total economic performance, at least in the short term.
Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its jobless rate. As published by the International Monetary Fund, America’s unemployment rate averaged 4.159% for 2025, up from the average 4.033% jobless rate one year earlier.
Related Read: United States Top 100 Consumer Product Exports
See also United States Top 10 Imports, America’s Top Trading Partners, Top United States Trade Balances, America’s Top 20 Export States and United States Top 10 Major Export Companies and World’s Top Food Exports Special Data Report
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International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on February 27, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on February 27, 2026
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