Pennsylvania Export Statistics

Pennsylvania Ranks 11th in Total State Exports for 2012

Rank

State

2012 Exports (U.S.$)

2011 Exports (U.S. $)

% Change

1

Texas

265.4 B

251.0 B

6% Increase

2

California

161.7 B

159.1 B

2% Decrease

3

New York

79.2 B

84.9 B

7% Decrease

4

Washington

75.5 B

64.8 B

17% Increase

5

Illinois

68.0 B

64.8 B

5% Increase

6

Florida

66.4 B

64.9 B

2% Increase

7

Louisiana

63.2 B

55.0 B

15% Increase

8

Michigan

56.9 B

51.0 B

12% Increase

9

Unallocated

51.6 B

45.3 B

14% Increase

10

Ohio

48.5 B

46.4 B

5% Increase

11

Pennsylvania

38.9 B

41.1 B

5% Decrease

**Unallocated is a catch-all category for exports that cannot be traced to a particular state.

Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Export Destinations for 2012

Rank

Country

2012 Exports (US$)

2011 Exports (US$)

% Change

1

Canada

11.39 B

11.52 B

1% Decrease

2

China

2.85 B

3.57 B

20% Decrease

3

Mexico

2.84 B

2.63 B

8% Increase

4

Germany

1.82 B

1.82 B

0%

5

United Kingdom

1.51 B

1.68 B

10% Decrease

6

Japan

1.49 B

2.07 B

28% Decrease

7

Brazil

1.26 B

1.31 B

4% Decrease

8

Netherlands

1.23 B

1.35 B

9% Decrease

9

Ireland

0.94 B

0.78 B

20% Increase

10

South Korea

0. 88 B

1.10 B

19% Decrease

**

Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Exporting Industries for 2012

Rank

Industry

2012 Exports (US$)

2011 Exports (US$)

% Change

1

Chemicals

7.78 B

7.86 B

1% Decrease

2

Machinery, except electrical

4.87 B

4.85B

0%

3

Primary Metal Manufacturing

3.84 B

4.23B

9% Decrease

4

Computers & Electronic Products

3.79 B

4.09 B

7% Decrease

5

Transportation Equipment

3.15 B

3.38 B

7% Decrease

6

Electrical Equipment, Applications & Components

1.86 B

1.73 B

4% Increase

7

Food Manufactures

1.75 B

1.53 B

14% Increase

8

Fabricated Metal Products, NESOI

1.65 B

1.49 B

11% Increase

9

Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities

1.58 B

1.39 B

14% Increase

10

Minerals & Ores

1.40 B

2.96 B

53% Decrease

**

Best Prospects for Pennsylvania Exports [Based on total export growth, from 2007-2012, of countries receiving $100M or more in exports from PA in 2012]

Rank

Country

2012 Exports (US$)

2007-12 Total Export Growth

1

Afghanistan

222.3 M

7288%

2

Ireland

941.2 M

482%

3

Bahamas

113.2 M

309%

4

Trinidad and Tobago

100.7 M

245%

5

Colombia

384.1 M

204%

6

Indonesia

121.8 M

138%

7

Kazakhstan

136.4 M

138%

8

Turkey

318.6 M

126%

9

China

2.85 B

120%

10

Brazil

1.26 B

110%

**

Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Fastest Growing Exporting Industries.

Rank

Industry

2007-12 Total Export Growth

1

Oil & Gas

893%

2

Newspapers, Books & Other Published Matter, NESOI

247%

3

Mineral & Ores

212%

4

Other Animals

99%

5

Beverages & Tobacco Products

96%

6

Food Manufactures

87%

7

Petroleum & Coal Products

76%

8

Used or Second-hand Merchandise

71%

9

Waste and Scrap

55%

10

Paper

52%



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