Nicknamed the “Equality State” and “Cowboy State” located in America’s mountain region with western United States, Wyoming shipped US$2.1 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2024.

That dollar amount reflects an 45.4% increase from $1.43 billion four years earlier since 2020.

Year over year, the overall value of goods exported from Wyoming declined by -3.4% compared to $2.15 billion for 2023.

Wyoming ranks among America’s 3 smallest exporters by state ahead of Vermont and Hawaii.

The value of Wyoming’s exports equals 0.1% of the United States’ overall exported products for 2024.

Wyoming’s exported products represent 3.9% of the state’s total economic output or nominal Gross Domestic Product in 2024 ($52.9 billion).

Given Wyoming’s population of 587,618 people, its total $2.1 billion in 2024 exports translates to roughly $3,500 for every resident in the Equality State. That dollar metric lags the average $3,700 per capita for 2023.

Wyoming’s unemployment rate averaged 3.2% for 2024, down from the state’s average jobless rate of 3.4% one year earlier per YCharts.

Wyoming’s Top 10 Exports

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

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

1. Disodium carbonate: US$1.3 billion (64.4% of total Wyomingite exports)
2. Processed petroleum oils (not diesel): $77.5 million (3.7%)
3. Ammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate: $58.2 million (2.8%)
4. Rare gases excluding aragonite: $50.7 million (2.4%)
5. Smartphones: $48.3 million (2.3%)
6. Bentonite including calcined: $40.7 million (2%)
7. Miscellaneous cellphones: $36 million (1.7%)
8. Bodies for road tractors, public transport vehicles: $30.8 million (1.5%)
9. Bituminous coal (not agglomerated): $25.7 million (1.2%)
10. Derricks/cranes parts, attachments: $25.1 million (1.2%)

Wyoming’s top 10 exports accounted for 83.3% of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Smartphones represent the fastest grower among the state’s top 10 export categories, up by 450,187% from 2023 to 2024. However, this is a new harmonized tariff code which may skew the actual increase.

In second place for improving export sales were miscellaneous cellphones which gained 279,872%.

The third-fastest advance was the 36.5% uptick for Wyoming’s shipments of bodies for road tractors and public transport vehicles, ahead of ammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate (up 23.6%) used for fertilizers, food additives, pharmaceuticals, electronics and even chemical fire extinguishers.

Year over year, there were two double-digit percentage decliners among Wyoming’s top 10 export products: non-agglomerated bituminous coal (down -61%), and disodium carbonate (down -14%) used in cleaning, glass manufacturing and water treatment.

More Key Facts about Wyoming’s International Trade

Wyoming recorded an overall US$760.3 million surplus exporting and importing products during 2024. That dollar amount results from a -32.2% plunge from the $1.1 billion trade surplus 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 Wyoming’s top 10 import products highlighting the state’s highest spending on foreign-made goods in 2024.

1. Colza oils, fractions: US$152.6 million (11.6% of total Wyomingite imports)
2. Saturated acyclic hydrocarbons: $82.2 million (6.2%)
3. Processed petroleum oils (not diesel): $75.9 million (5.8%)
4. Fish or crustacean flour meal, pellets: $33.3 million (2.5%)
5. Liquid dielectric transformers: $32.1 million (2.4%)
6. Ammonium nitrate: $26.3 million (2%)
7. New rubber tires (for bus, truck): $26.1 million (2%)
8. Inedible flour meal, pellets: $26.1 million (2%)
9. Air conditioning machines: $25.8 million (2%)
10. Aluminum alloy plates: $25.5 million (1.9%)

Wyoming has notable negative net exports in the international trade of colza oils and their fractions, Saturated acyclic hydrocarbons and refined petroleum oils excluding diesel. In turn, these cashflows indicate Wyoming’s competitive disadvantages under related product categories.

Wyoming’s Major Trade Partners

The following list shows the top 10 customers that purchased about three-quarters (74.8%) worth of the total value of products exported from Wyoming during 2024.

1. Canada: US$409.2 million (19.7% of total Wyomingite exports)
2. Chile: $244.9 million (11.8%)
3. Brazil: $140.2 million (6.7%)
4. Indonesia: $127.9 million (6.2%)
5. mainland China: $127.5 million (6.1%)
6. Malaysia: $117.4 million (5.6%)
7. South Korea: $114.9 million (5.5%)
8. Paraguay: $96.9 million (4.7%)
9. Vietnam: $83 million (4%)
10. Mexico: $67.8 million (3.3%)

Wyoming’s top trade partners in Asia (Indonesia, mainland China, Malaysia, South Korea and Vietname) bought 27.5% of the overall value of exported goods from the Equality State.

The percentage for leading Asian countries compares with the 23% of Wyoming’s overall shipments that were shipped to its North American trade partners (Canada and Mexico).

Another 23.2% was bought by major South American importers (Chile, Brazil and Paraguay).

Wyomingite Export Companies

Not one Wyoming-based corporation ranks among Fortune 1000 Companies, a list that showcases America’s largest businesses.

According to Zippia, below are examples of relatively large companies based in Wyoming.

• Admiral Beverage (soft drinks, bottled water)
• Ciner (soda ash)
• Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (coal mining)
• Simon Contractors (technologies, speciality concrete)
• Wyoming Machinery (heavy machinery)

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

Wyoming’s capital is Cheyenne, a city nicknamed the “Frontier City” and “Magic City of the Plains”.

See also Indiana’s Top 10 Exports, South Dakota’s Top 10 Exports, West Virginia’s Top 10 Exports, Colorado’s Top 10 Exports and New Hampshire’s Top 10 Exports

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