Nicknamed the “Silver State” and “Sagebrush State” located in America’s Western, Mountain West and Southwestern regions, Nevada shipped US$10.4 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2024.

That dollar amount results from a -1.5% slowdown from $10.54 billion four years earlier during 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of Nevadan exports increased by 8.9% compared to $9.54 billion during 2023.

Nevada ranks as America’s 35th most lucrative exporter by state well behind front-runners including Texas, California, New York state, Louisiana and Illinois.

The value of Nevada’s exports equals 0.5% of the United States’ overall exported products for 2024, same as one year earlier.

Nevada’s exported products represent 4% of the state’s total economic output or nominal Gross Domestic Product in 2024 ($260.7 billion).

Given Nevada’s population of 3.267 million people, its total $10.4 billion in 2024 exports translates to roughly $3,200 for every resident in the Silver State. That dollar metric exceeds the average $2,900 per capita one year earlier in 2023.

Nevada’s unemployment rate averaged 5.4% at the end of July 2025, down from the average 5.6% for the prior year per YCharts.

Nevada’s Top 10 Exports

The following export products represent the highest dollar value in Nevada global shipments during 2024. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Nevada.

Figures are shown at the more granular six-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, for more precise product identification.

1. Gold (unwrought): US$2.3 billion (22.4% of total Nevadan exports)
2. Copper ores, concentrates: $891.6 million (8.6%)
3. Electronic integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $385.9 million (3.7%)
4. Miscellaneous electronic integrated circuits: $364.7 million (3.5%)
5. Coin, token or card-operated games: $343.3 million (3.3%)
6. Computer parts, accessories: $278.2 million (2.7%)
7. Machines for receiving, converting and transmitting: $273.6 million (2.6%)
8. Worked non-industrial diamonds: $216.8 million (2.1%)
9. Miscellaneous compounds, rare-earth metals: $204.2 million (2%)
10. Miscellaneous coins (legal tender): $198.3 million (1.9%)

Nevada’s top 10 exports represent over half (52.8%) of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Machines for receiving, converting and transmitting voice, image or data represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 121.2% from 2023 to 2024.

In second place for improving export sales were miscellaneous compounds and rare-earth metals which rose 96.3% from 2023.

Nevada’s shipments of copper ores and concentrates recorded the third-fastest gain in value up by 49.8%, ahead of exported computer parts or accessories (up 42.4%).

Double-digit percentage declines since 2023 were for exported miscellaneous electronic integrated circuits (down -40.4% from 2023), coin, token or card-operated games (down -13.9%) then worked non-industrial diamonds (down -12.5%).

More Key Facts about Nevada’s International Trade

Nevada incurred an overall -US$8.43 billion deficit exporting and importing products during 2024. That dollar amount reflects a -10.6% reduction from -$9.43 billion in red ink for 2023.

Another way of saying surplus or deficit is positive or negative net exports. In a nutshell, the term “net exports” quantifies the amount by which foreign spending on a state’s goods or services exceeds or lags that same state’s spending on foreign goods or services.

Below are Nevada’s top 10 import products highlighting the state’s highest spending on foreign-made goods in 2024.

1. Smartphones: US$1.37 billion (7.3% of total Nevadan imports)
2. Chemical industry products, residuals: $1.36 billion (7.2%)
3. Miscellaneous electronic integrated circuits: $812 million (4.3%)
4. Machines for receiving, converting and transmitting: $804.6 million (4.3%)
5. Electronic integrated circuits (processors, controllers): $622.3 million (3.3%)
6. Parts of electric storage batteries: $458.3 million (2.4%)
7. Computer parts, accessories: $448.1 million (2.4%)
8. Coin, token or card-operated games: $431.7 million (2.3%)
9. Miscellaneous computer processing units: $409.4 million (2.2%)
10. Larger aircraft: $305.9 million (1.6%)

Nevada has negative net exports in the international trade of technology-related and chemical products. In turn, these cashflows indicate Nevada’s competitive disadvantages under those product categories.

Nevada’s Major Trade Partners

The following list shows the top 10 customers that purchased nearly three-quarters (72.1%) worth of the total value of products exported from Nevada during 2024.

1. Canada: US$1.8 billion (17.4% of total Nevadan exports)
2. India: $1.3 billion (12.5%)
3. Switzerland: $1.29 billion (12.4%)
4. Mexico: $897.2 million (8.6%)
5. mainland China: $889 million (8.6%)
6. Taiwan: $311.6 million (3%)
7. Hong Kong: $292.9 million (2.8%)
8. Australia: $243.4 million (2.3%)
9. Germany: $228.4 million (2.2%)
10. South Korea: $227 million (2.2%)

Nevada’s top trade partners in North America (Mexico and Canada) generated 26.1% of the overall value of exported goods generated from the Silver State, down from 29.2% for 2023.

The above percentage for North America compares to 29.1% for the leading importers of Nevadan exports that are based in Asia (India, mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea).

Nevadan Export Companies

Nine of Nevada-based corporations rank among Fortune 1000 Companies, a list that showcases America’s largest businesses. Selected examples are listed below.

• Boyd Gaming Corp (casinos, hotels)
• Caesars Entertainment Corp (casinos, hotels)
• Las Vegas Sands Corp (casinos, hotels)
• MGM Resorts International (casinos, hotels)
• Scientific Games Corp (gaming machines, systems, internet apps)
• Wynn Resorts (casinos, hotels)

Shown within brackets for each company is a summary of the products or services which each business sells, some of which are related to international trade.
 

Nevada’s capital is Carson City, a city nicknamed “CC”, “Carson” and “The Capitol”.

See also Rhode Island’s Top 10 Exports, New Jersey’s Top 10 Exports, Missouri’s Top 10 Exports, Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Exports and Mississippi’s Top 10 Exports

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