Below are the top 20 American states that exported the highest dollar value worth of products during 2020. Combined, these export-leading states represent over four-fifths of the nation’s total exports.

1. Texas: US$279.3 billion 19.5% of US total)
2. California: $156.1 billion (10.9%)
3. New York: $61.9 billion (4.3%)
4. Louisiana: $59.6 billion (4.2%)
5. Illinois: $53.5 billion (3.7%)
6. Florida: $45.8 billion (3.2%)
7. Ohio: $45 billion (3.1%)
8. Michigan: $44 billion (3.1%)
9. Washington: $41.3 billion (2.9%)
10. Georgia: $38.8 billion (2.7%)
11. New Jersey: $38 billion (2.7%)
12. Pennsylvania: $37.5 billion (2.6%)
13. Indiana: $35.3 billion (2.5%)
14. South Carolina: $30.3 billion (2.1%)
15. North Carolina: $28.4 billion (2%)
16. Tennessee: $28.1 billion (2%)
17. Oregon: $25 billion (1.7%)
18. Massachusetts: $24.9 billion (1.7%)
19. Kentucky: $24.8 billion (1.7%)
20. Wisconsin: $20.5 billion (1.4%)

Only two among America’s major export states increased their revenues from selling exported goods from 2019 to 2020, namely New Jersey (up 6.6%) and Oregon (up 5.8%).

Leading the decliners year over year among the top US export states were Washington state (down -31.6%), South Carolina (down -26.9%), Kentucky (down -25%), Michigan (down -21.1%), New York state (down -18.2%), Florida (also down -18.2%) and North Carolina (down -17.2%).

Also, please peruse the Summary of Biggest Export by State section further down this article.

Top 10 Exports from Texas

Below are the top 10 exports from Texas during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all Texan exports.

1. Crude petroleum oils: US$43.5 billion (15.6% of total Texan exports)
2. Miscellaneous petroleum oils: $18.3 billion (6.6%)
3. Light petroleum oils: $17 billion (6.1%)
4. Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $10.5 billion (3.8%)
5. Liquified propane: $9.4 billion (3.4%)
6. Aircraft including engines, parts: $6.1 billion (2.2%)
7. Computer parts and accessories: $5.9 billion (2.1%)
8. Machinery for making semi-conductors: $4.6 billion (1.7%)
9. Natural gas (liquid): $4.3 billion (1.5%)
10. Natural gas (gaseous state): $3.9 billion (1.4%)

The top 10 exports from Texas accounted for 44.4% of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Liquid natural gas represents the fastest grower among the top 10 Texan export categories, up by 150.5% from 2019 to 2020. In second place for improving export sales was machinery for making semi-conductors which rose 20.6%. Third-fastest was a 15.9% gain for process and controllers of integrated circuits exported from Texas, well ahead of the 10% improvement in international sales for natural gas in its gaseous state.

Leading the decliners among Texas’ top 10 export products year over year were aircraft including engines and other parts (down -41.3%), computer parts and accessories (down -39.6%) and miscellaneous petroleum oils (down -26.8%).

Top 10 Exports from California

Below are the top 10 exports from California during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all Californian exports.

1. Electric vehicles: US$5.7 billion (3.6% of California’s total exports)
2. Aircraft including engines, parts: $5 billion (3.2%)
3. Machinery for making semi-conductors: $4.8 billion (3.1%)
4. Integrated circuits (excluding processors/controllers): $3.9 billion (2.5%)
5. Modems, similar reception/transmission devices: $3.8 billion (2.4%)
6. Shelled almonds $3.4 billion (2.2%)
7. Diamonds (unmounted): $3.2 billion (2%)
8. Machinery for making semi-conductor parts or accessories: $3.02 billion (1.9%)
9. Other composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents $2.9 billion (1.8%)
10. Computer parts and accessories: $2.5 billion (1.6%)

California’s top 10 exports represent roughly a quarter (24.3%) of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Machinery for making semi-conductors became the fastest grower among California’s top 10 export categories, up by 34.7% from 2019 to 2020. In second place for improving export sales were integrated circuits excluding processors and controllers thanks to a 30.8% gain. Shipments of machinery for making semi-conductor parts or accessories posted the third-fastest improvement via a 24.2% increase in value.

Leading the decliners among California’s top 10 export products were aircraft including engines and parts (down -30.6%), unmounted diamonds (down -30.2%) and electric vehicles (down -21%).

Top 10 Exports from New York

Below are the top 10 exports from New York State during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all exports from New York.

1. Diamonds (unmounted): US$6.6 billion (10.7% of New York’s total exports)
2. Gold (unwrought): $5.8 billion (9.3%)
3. Hand-drawn paintings, drawings: $4.3 billion (6.9%)
4. Jewelry articles clad in precious metal: $2.8 billion (4.5%)
5. Aircraft including engines, parts: $1.1 billion (1.7%)
6. Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $0.9 billion (1.5%)
7. Original sculptures, statues: $0.8 billion (1.3%)
8. Rubies, sapphires, emeralds: $690 million (1.1%)
9. Silver, unwrought: $655 million (1.1%)
10. Modems, similar reception/transmission devices: $607 million (1%)

New York’s top 10 exports represent under 39.1% of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Three of these major exports increased in value from 2019 to 2020 namely gold (up 333.1%), silver (up 213.4%) and modems including similar reception or transmission devices (up 25.9%).

Leading decliners among New York’s top 10 export products were rubies, sapphires and emeralds (down -55.2%), jewelry items clad in precious metal (down -45.9%), unmounted diamonds (down -44.8%), original sculptures or statues (down -34.7%) and hand-drawn paintings and drawings (down -34.7%).

Top 10 Exports from Louisiana

Below are the top 10 exports from Louisiana during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all exports from Louisiana.

1. Soya beans: $12.5 billion (21% of Louisiana’s total exports)
2. Miscellaneous petroleum oils: $9.1 billion (15.2%)
3. Natural gas (liquid): $7.5 billion (12.5%)
4. Corn: $4.8 billion (8%)
5. Crude petroleum oils: $4.5 billion (7.6%)
6. Light petroleum oils: $2.9 billion (4.8%)
7. Solid residues including soya bean oil-cake: $2 billion (3.3%)
8. Wheat (excluding durum): $702 million (1.2%)
9. Miscellaneous organic/inorganic compounds: $600 million (1%)
10. Crude soya bean oil and fractions: $595 million (1%)

Louisiana’s top 10 exports accounted for about three-quarters (75.6%) of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Crude soya bean oil and fractions was the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 57.8% from 2019 to 2020. In second place for improving export sales was corn which appreciated 40.7%. Louisiana’s shipments of soya beans posted the third-fastest gain in value thanks to a 38.8% gain.

Year over year, there were 4 decliners among Louisiana’s top 10 export product categories. These were miscellaneous petroleum oils (down -42.3%), light petroleum oils (down -40.7%), wheat (down -14.2%) and miscellaneous organic and inorganic compounds (down -4.7%).

Top 10 Exports from Illinois

Below are the top 10 exports from Illinois during 2020. Within parenthesis is the percentage of each export category compared to the total value of all goods exported from Illinois.

1. Miscellaneous medications: US$2 billion (3.7% of Illinois’ total exports)
2. Off-highway dumper trucks: $1.9 billion (3.6%)
3. Antisera, other blood fractions: $1.55 billion (2.9%)
4. Modems, similar reception/transmission devices: $1.5 billion (2.8%)
5. Brewing or distilling dregs and waste: $904 million (1.7%)
6. Composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents: $801 million (1.5%)
7. Soya beans: $786 million (1.5%)
8. Aircraft including engines, parts: $711 million (1.3%)
9. Light petroleum oils: $706 million (1.3%)
10. Miscellaneous motor vehicle parts: $695 million (1.3%)

Illinois’ top 10 exports represent 21.6% of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Four among these major export categories increased by double digits from 2019 to 2020 namely composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents (up 73.4%), miscellaneous medications (up 34.4%), brewing or distilling dregs and waste (up 32%) and off-highway dumper trucks (up 21%).

Year over year, the leading the decliners among Illinois’ top 10 export products were light petroleum oils (down -62.7%), aircraft including engines and other parts (down -37.4%) and miscellaneous motor vehicle parts (down -22.2%).