From March 2021: Texas tops all U.S. states in exports for 19th consecutive year
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Texas tops all U.S. states in exports for 19th consecutive year
Paul Schattenberg Texas A&M AgriLife
Published 2:56 p.m. CT March 28, 2021
For nearly two decades, the U.S. Department of Commerces Bureau of Economic Analysis, BEA, has ranked Texas as the No. 1 exporter among U.S. states.
Texas shipped $279.3 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2020, said Luis Ribera, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist, Bryan-College Station. The state outperformed all other states, with the value of its exports accounting for 19.5% of overall U.S. exported products for 2020.
Texas 2020 exports amounted to more than the sum total of goods exported by the next three largest exporting states.
Mexico and Canada received the largest portion of Texas exports, with Mexico accounting for almost 32% of the total and Canada for just over 8.3%. However, goods from the Lone Star State are exported all over the world.
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