Biggest exports from California
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Biggest exports from California
The U.S. trade deficit neared $1 trillion in 2022, hitting a record high.
At the same time, total exports grew faster than imports, and select U.S. exports are experiencing particularly high surges. The war in Ukraine led many European countries to import U.S. oil as they largely stopped importing from Russia. U.S. farm exports surpassed records as values grew across main markets, including China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and the European Union.
Nationwide, the largest 2022 exports were fuel, oil, and byproducts; nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; electronics; vehicles; and aircraft, spacecraft, and aerospace parts. But each state specializes in its own combination of commodities that contribute to the national export catalog.
Stacker compiled a list of the 30 largest exports from California in 2022 using trade data from the Census Bureau. Stacker considered all 98 export categories included in the global harmonized system in its rankings. Read on to see the top exports in your state.
Canva
#30. Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.11 billion
Canva
#29. Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.15 billion
Canva
#28. Copper and articles thereof
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.16 billion
Canva
#27. Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.27 billion
Canva
#26. Prepared vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plant parts
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.39 billion
Canva
#25. Organic chemicals
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.39 billion
Canva
#24. Toys, games and sport equipment; parts and accessories
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.44 billion
Canva
#23. Oil seeds; miscellaneous grain, seed, fruit, plants, etc.
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.55 billion
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#22. Apparel articles and accessories, knit or crochet
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.61 billion
Canva
#21. Meat and edible meat offal
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.63 billion
Canva
#20. Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.64 billion
Canva
#19. Beverages, spirits and vinegar
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.69 billion
Canva
#18. Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.74 billion
Canva
#17. Articles of iron or steel
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.81 billion
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#16. Inorganic chemicals; precious and rare earth metals and radioactive compounds
– Total value of 2022 exports: $1.85 billion
Canva
#15. Aluminum and articles thereof
– Total value of 2022 exports: $2.21 billion
Canva
#14. Miscellaneous edible preparations
– Total value of 2022 exports: $2.41 billion
Canva
#13. Iron and steel
– Total value of 2022 exports: $2.47 billion
Canva
#12. Dairy prods; birds eggs; honey; other edible animal products
– Total value of 2022 exports: $2.49 billion
Canva
#11. Miscellaneous chemical products
– Total value of 2022 exports: $4.29 billion
Canva
#10. Plastics and articles thereof
– Total value of 2022 exports: $5.35 billion
Canva
#9. Pharmaceutical products
– Total value of 2022 exports: $5.53 billion
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#8. Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones and metals and articles thereof; immitation jewellery; coins
– Total value of 2022 exports: $6.23 billion
Canva
#7. Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
– Total value of 2022 exports: $6.6 billion
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#6. Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
– Total value of 2022 exports: $7.89 billion
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#5. Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories
– Total value of 2022 exports: $8.98 billion
Canva
#4. Edible fruit and nuts; citrus fruit or melon peel
– Total value of 2022 exports: $10.67 billion
Canva
#3. Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
– Total value of 2022 exports: $19.08 billion
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#2. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories
– Total value of 2022 exports: $29.26 billion
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#1. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery etc.; parts
– Total value of 2022 exports: $31.4 billion
