That dollar amount specific to consumer-targeted exports represents 43.3% of the overall value of all US exported goods ($2.178 trillion) during 2025. That percentage surpasses the 41.5% for America’s consumer products exported one year earlier in 2024.
The total dollar amount for America’s top 100 exported consumer products accelerated by 10.3% year over year from 2024 to 2025. Over a 5-year time horizon, US consumer exports rose by 28.3% compared to 2021.
For context, America’s overall shipments of all its exported products–encompassing raw materials, intermediate products as well as those classified as consumer goods–grew in value by 5.5% in 2025 compared to 2024. Total US exports expanded by 24.2% over the 5-year period starting in 2021.
The 5 most valuable consumer end-use goods shipped by the United States onto global markets during 2025 were exported refined petroleum oils, petroleum gases, gold, computers or optical readers, and cars. Combined, those 5 leading exports amount to 17.7% of America’s total revenues collected from selling its exports on international markets.
Among the top 100 consumer products exported by the United States, 43 generated more revenues year over year.
The fastest increases belong to US exports of unwrought silver (up 501% from 2024), unwrought gold (up 171.5%), soya-bean oil (up 130.2%), coins including legal tender (up 92.1%), computers or optical readers (up 52.6%), computer parts or accessories (up 48.9%), frozen whole fish (up 32.3%), petroleum gas (up 31.7%), corn (up 31.6%), then cheese or curd (up 21.3%).
Fifty-seven top US consumer exports declined year over year.
The severest decliners were US export sales of unmounted diamonds (down -37.4% from 2024), soya beans (down -33%), coal including solid fuels made from coal (down -29.9%), tractors (down -25.9%), yachts, canoes and row boats (down -25.5%), hot-rolled iron or non-alloy steel items (down -20.1%), electric storage batteries (down -19.4%) then trucks (down -17.5%).
Exported Consumer Products Defined
So, what are consumer products? They are final goods or end products that a business mainly creates for consumers to buy. For example, consumers often purchase refined petroleum oil at the gas station while exported crude oil is an intermediate good subject to further processing before being sold to end users.
Although there may be a few wealthy individual buyers, products like turbojets are excluded from the consumer products targeted by this study. That is because turbojets are usually purchased by corporations. In contrast, it is common for consumers to buy motorcycles.
Admittedly there are some grey areas. For example, business and government entities buy exported gold in addition to consumers. On the other hand, generally fewer consumers buy platinum exports.
Types of Consumer Products
This article focuses on 3 distinct consumer product types for the exports reviewed in the article.
Convenience Products are easy to access, non-durable, have relatively lower prices and therefore consumers frequently purchase them. Examples of convenience products are food, alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks, and soap.
Shopping Products are not as easily available as convenience products, involve more time to make a buying decision, are durable and are not bought as often as most convenience products. A great example of a shopping product is a mobile phone where buying the wrong model is a much more expensive mistake than buying a stale loaf of bread.
Specialty Products describe another consumer product type. This grey area includes infrequently purchased, expensive, durable and sometimes rare items. Consumers may consider the product’s brand image when making their purchase decisions. Some examples of speciality products are gold, silver, diamonds, jewelry, and branded refrigerators and dishwashers.
US Top 100 Most Valuable Consumer Exports
The searchable international sales database below showcases America’s 100 highest value exported consumer products in descending order. Items were selected at the four-digit Harmonized System tariff classification code level.
The table’s fifth column identifies each entry’s consumer product type.
The most popular product types are shopping products (SP) via 39 entries led by computers or optical readers, cars, phone devices including smartphones, automobile parts or accessories, computer parts or accessories, then trucks.
Second place thanks to 36 convenience products (CP) led by processed petroleum oils, petroleum gas, medications, corn, then soya beans.
In third place via 25 entries is the speciality products (SY) category. Examples of major speciality products are American exports of gold, jewelry, liquid pumps, silver and unmounted diamonds.
| # | Exported Product | US$ | 2024-5 | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Processed petroleum oils | $109,515,470,000 | -6.8% | CP |
| 2 | Petroleum gas | $81,905,815,000 | +31.7% | CP |
| 3 | Gold (unwrought) | $80,582,977,000 | +171.5% | SY |
| 4 | Computers, optical readers | $61,177,861,000 | +52.6% | SP |
| 5 | Cars | $53,494,759,000 | -9.6% | SP |
| 6 | Phone devices including smartphones | $47,125,051,000 | +20.8% | SP |
| 7 | Automobile parts/accessories | $43,276,283,000 | -4% | SP |
| 8 | Computer parts, accessories | $35,755,741,000 | +48.9% | SP |
| 9 | Medications | $34,583,044,000 | +2.7% | CP |
| 10 | Corn | $18,878,401,000 | +31.6% | CP |
| 11 | Trucks | $17,465,438,000 | -17.5% | SP |
| 12 | Soya beans | $16,459,154,000 | -33% | CP |
| 13 | Insulated wire/cable | $13,922,814,000 | +10.8% | SP |
| 14 | Orthopedic appliances | $13,584,512,000 | +4.7% | SP |
| 15 | Lower-voltage switches, fuses | $12,889,639,000 | +4.2% | SP |
| 16 | Jewelry | $12,095,859,000 | +7.8% | SY |
| 17 | Unrecorded sound media | $10,703,882,000 | +20.6% | SP |
| 18 | Miscellaneous nuts | $10,614,312,000 | +16.9% | CP |
| 19 | Coal, solid fuels made from coal | $9,970,683,000 | -29.9% | CP |
| 20 | Liquid pumps | $9,347,211,000 | -1.8% | SY |
| 21 | Miscellaneous plastic items | $9,304,418,000 | +2.7% | CP |
| 22 | Electrical converters/power units | $8,733,335,000 | +8% | SP |
| 23 | Silver (unwrought) | $8,104,992,000 | +501% | SY |
| 24 | Diamonds (unmounted/unset) | $7,784,078,000 | -37.4% | SY |
| 25 | Miscellaneous food preparations | $7,539,228,000 | +4% | CP |
| 26 | Hand-drawn paintings, drawings | $7,421,003,000 | -2.2% | SY |
| 27 | Electric storage batteries | $7,083,298,000 | -19.4% | SY |
| 28 | Plastic packing goods, lids, caps | $6,899,540,000 | +0.6% | CP |
| 29 | Miscellaneous iron or steel items | $6,406,587,000 | -4.5% | SP |
| 30 | Swine meat | $6,375,054,000 | -2.6% | CP |
| 31 | Beauty/makeup/skin care | $5,862,290,000 | -5.3% | SY |
| 32 | Screws, bolts, washers, hooks, pins | $5,628,066,000 | +0.001% | SP |
| 33 | Electric motors, not generating sets | $5,055,346,000 | -2.2% | SY |
| 34 | Temperature-change machines | $4,998,870,000 | +2.3% | SY |
| 35 | Tractors | $4,883,290,000 | -25.9% | SP |
| 36 | Poultry meat | $4,747,802,000 | -0.4% | CP |
| 37 | Rubber tires (new) | $4,576,068,000 | -7.4% | SP |
| 38 | Packaged insecticides, herbicides | $4,493,776,000 | -7% | SP |
| 39 | Fresh or chilled beef | $4,039,608,000 | -9.2% | CP |
| 40 | Frozen beef | $3,987,882,000 | -14.7% | CP |
| 41 | Other organic cleaning preparations | $3,880,102,000 | +2% | CP |
| 42 | Printing machinery | $3,825,966,000 | -6.8% | SP |
| 43 | Trailers | $3,821,169,000 | -7.3% | SP |
| 44 | Seats (not barber/dentist chairs) | $3,669,274,000 | +1.1% | SP |
| 45 | Microphones/headphones/amps | $3,520,610,000 | -1.1% | SP |
| 46 | Household base metal mountings | $3,408,682,000 | -4% | SY |
| 47 | Liquid crystal/laser/optical tools | $3,370,006,000 | -5.8% | SY |
| 48 | Vulcanized rubber items | $3,325,412,000 | +1.2% | SP |
| 49 | Precious/semi-precious stones (unstrung) | $3,049,593,000 | -4.8% | SY |
| 50 | Cheese, curd | $2,998,376,000 | +21.3% | CP |
| 51 | Video console games, table games | $2,990,385,000 | -2.5% | SP |
| 52 | Air conditioners | $2,770,904,000 | -8.5% | SY |
| 53 | Alcohol (including spirits, liqueurs) | $2,735,232,000 | -6.9% | CP |
| 54 | Miscellaneous furniture | $2,726,517,000 | -2% | SP |
| 55 | Other pharmaceutical goods | $2,702,225,000 | -0.6% | SP |
| 56 | Fertilizer mixes | $2,632,368,000 | +1.9% | SY |
| 57 | Bread, biscuits, cakes, pastries | $2,624,945,000 | -0.3% | CP |
| 58 | Refrigerators, freezers | $2,547,547,000 | -9.1% | SY |
| 59 | Sauces, condiments, seasoning | $2,373,735,000 | +1.5% | CP |
| 60 | Chocolate, other cocoa preparations | $2,325,514,000 | +8.7% | CP |
| 61 | Fuel wood, wood chips, sawdust | $2,268,762,000 | +4.6% | CP |
| 62 | Paper containers, cellulose wadding | $2,219,127,000 | -3.6% | SP |
| 63 | Whole fish (frozen) | $2,208,554,000 | +34.3% | CP |
| 64 | Perfumes, toilet waters | $2,117,517,000 | +2.1% | CP |
| 65 | Concentrated/sweetened milk | $2,111,653,000 | -2.9% | CP |
| 66 | Electric generating sets, converters | $2,108,235,000 | -8.7% | SY |
| 67 | Lubricant/anti-rust preparations | $2,070,097,000 | +2.9% | SP |
| 68 | Sports equipment | $2,021,439,000 | -2.7% | SP |
| 69 | Electric water heaters, hair dryers | $1,876,663,000 | +1.7% | SY |
| 70 | Red meat offal | $1,794,223,000 | -3.4% | CP |
| 71 | Printed books, brochures | $1,769,287,000 | +3.6% | SP |
| 72 | Miscellaneous preserved fruits | $1,746,902,000 | -9.6% | CP |
| 73 | Prepared glues, adhesives | $1,738,187,000 | +1.8% | SP |
| 74 | Special hand/machine tools | $1,703,322,000 | -11.3% | SY |
| 75 | Waters with added sugar | $1,701,093,000 | +7.8% | CP |
| 76 | Glass mirrors | $1,659,675,000 | -5.1% | SP |
| 77 | Paints, varnishes | $1,643,130,000 | -1.7% | SP |
| 78 | Miscellaneous fruits (fresh) | $1,638,477,000 | +2.9% | CP |
| 79 | Coins including legal tender | $1,581,620,000 | +92.1% | SY |
| 80 | Miscellaneous aluminum items | $1,581,595,000 | -2.5% | SP |
| 81 | Hair preparations | $1,575,779,000 | -6.1% | SP |
| 82 | Other printed pictures, photos | $1,536,024,000 | +8.1% | SY |
| 83 | Prepared vegetables (frozen) | $1,535,043,000 | -5.5% | CP |
| 84 | Original sculptures, statues | $1,533,863,000 | -0.4% | SY |
| 85 | Yachts, canoes, row boats | $1,514,549,000 | -25.5% | SP |
| 86 | Hot-rolled iron/non-alloy steel items | $1,510,348,000 | -20.1% | SP |
| 87 | Other meats (prepared/preserved) | $1,469,310,000 | +3.8% | CP |
| 88 | Compasses, other navigational aids | $1,425,789,000 | +16.6% | SY |
| 89 | Bandages, gauze, dressings | $1,351,422,000 | +4.6% | CP |
| 90 | Dishwash, clean/dry/fill machines | $1,305,813,000 | -2.3% | SY |
| 91 | Malt extract, food preparations | $1,285,940,000 | -0.8% | CP |
| 92 | Fish fillets, pieces | $1,279,646,000 | +7.2% | CP |
| 93 | Potassic fertilizers | $1,269,831,000 | -9.3% | SY |
| 94 | Medication mixes not in dosage | $1,227,313,000 | -9.6% | CP |
| 95 | Apples, pears (fresh) | $1,209,500,000 | -1.4% | CP |
| 96 | Shaving preparations, deodorants | $1,197,764,000 | -4.7% | SP |
| 97 | Soya-bean oil | $1,197,488,000 | +130.2% | CP |
| 98 | Soap, organic surface-active goods | $1,195,697,000 | -3.6% | SP |
| 99 | Miscellaneous toys | $1,169,547,000 | -5% | SP |
| 100 | Cases, handbags, wallets | $1,165,523,000 | -10.5% | SP |
Durable consumer products (D) are goods like cars, refrigerators and furniture that last a relatively long time. Consumers can put durable products to use again and again.
Non-durable consumer products (ND) are goods that are not re-used once consumed. Alcoholic beverages and bananas are examples of non-durable goods.
Based on the product types identified in the above table, 64 of America’s highest-value consumer exported products are durable while 36 are classified as non-durable.
You can also peruse the greatest increases or decreases in product values from 2024 to 2025. To do so, click on the heading of the fourth column.
Fastest-Growing US Consumer Exports
Listed below are the top 10 consumer products shipped by the United States that benefited from the highest percentage increases in global sales from 2024 to 2025.
- Silver (unwrought): Up 501% (US$8.1 billion)
- Gold (unwrought): Up 171.5% ($80.6 billion)
- Soya-bean oil: Up 130.2% ($1.2 billion)
- Coins including legal tender: Up 92.1% ($1.6 billion)
- Computers or optical readers: Up 52.6% ($61.2 billion)
- Computer parts or accessories: Up 48.9% ($35.8 billion)
- Whole fish (frozen): Up 34.3% ($2.2 billion)
- Petroleum gas: Up 31.7% ($81.9 billion)
- Corn: Up 31.6% ($18.9 billion)
- Cheese, curd: Up 21.3% ($3 billion)
Five of the above items are non-durable goods that consumers use or consumer one time. These are soya-bean oil, frozen whole fish, petroleum gas, corn then cheese or curd.
In contrast, 2 goods (computers or optical readers, and computer parts or accessories) are considered durable shopping products.
Another 3 growth commodities (unwrought gold, unwrought silver, and coins including legal tender) are speciality products.
Severest-Declining US Consumer Exports
Among the top 100 US exports, America’s spending on the following 10 items resulted in the strongest declines from 2024 to 2025.
- Diamonds (unmounted/unset): Down -37.4% (US$7.8 billion)
- Soya beans: Down -33% ($16.5 billion)
- Coal, solid fuels made from coal: Down -29.9% ($10 billion)
- Tractors: Down -25.9% ($4.9 billion)
- Yachts, canoes, row boats: Down -25.5% ($1.5 billion)
- Hot-rolled iron/non-alloy steel items: Down -20.1% ($1.5 billion)
- Electric storage batteries: Down -19.4% ($7.1 billion)
- Trucks: Down -17.5% ($17.5 billion)
- Frozen beef: Down -14.7% ($4 billion)
- Special hand or machine tools: Down -11.3% ($1.7 billion)
Special hand and machine tools, electrical storage batteries and unmounted diamonds are the 3 speciality products.
Another 3 among the remaining US export decliners are consumer products used one time only. Specifically, these are exported frozen beef, coal including solid fuels made from coal, and soya beans.
The other 4 are classified as durable shopping products headlined by trucks, items made from hot-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, yachts or canoes or row boats, then tractors.
Key Customers for US Exports by Country
This analysis reveals competitive buyers that provide major demand for America’s top 5 consumer export products.
The biggest US exported consumer product by value are refined petroleum oils. America’s 4 other leading consumer exports are petroleum gases, unwrought gold, computers or optical readers, then automotive parts or accessories.
Here are the main international customers for
America’s exported refined petroleum oils: Mexico (25.1% of total), Canada (11.3%), Brazil (6.3%), Chile (5.2%), Netherlands (4.7%), Ecuador (4.2%), Peru (3.5%), United Kingdom (3.4%), Guatemala (3.3%), and Panama (3.1%).
America’s exported petroleum gases: Mexico (11.5% of total), Japan (10.1%), Netherlands (8.7%), France (5.6%), Egypt (4.6%), Germany (4.5%), South Korea (4.5%), Türkiye (4.4%), mainland China (4.1%), and Spain (3.8%).
America’s exported gold: Switzerland (56.2% of total), United Kingdom (24.4%), Singapore (3.5%), Canada (3.1%), Hong Kong (also 3.1%), India (2.3%), France (1.9%), Australia (1.7%), United Arab Emirates (1%), and Italy (0.6%).
America’s exported computers or optical readers: Mexico (22.3% of total), Canada (10%), Netherlands (9.1%), Taiwan (8.2%), United Arab Emirates (4.3%), Singapore (4.2%), Japan (4.1%), United Kingdom (3.5%), Malaysia (2.9%), and Australia (2.8%).
America’s exported automotive parts or accessories: Mexico (43.6% of total), Canada (32%), Australia (2%), Germany (also 2%), Brazil (1.7%), mainland China (1.6%), Thailand (1.3%), South Africa (also 1.3%), Japan (1.2%), and Türkiye (also 1.2%).
Based on the above lists, Mexico and Canada confirm their status as America’s number one or two customers. This assertion is based on the fact that these trade partners are the leading international purchasers for 4 of the 5 most valuable consumer products exported from the United States of America. The only anomaly is Japan for US exports of petroleum gases.
See also United States Top 10 Imports, United States Top 10 Exports, Top United States Trade Balances and America’s Top 20 Export States and United States Top 10 Major Export Companies
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