Texas Exports & Jobs
Texas Depends on World Markets • Exports from Texas helped contribute to the $2.26 trillion of U.S. goods and services exports in 2015.
$248.2 billion
Texas goods exports in 2015
Texas’s Top 5 Export Markets (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
Texas’s Top 5 Export Categories (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
92,489
Computer & Electronic Products
45,292
Petroleum & Coal Products
42,713
Chemicals
39,822
25,505
11,529
Machinery
24,757
8,076
7,237
Transportation Equipment
22,187
Mexico Canada China
Korea
Brazil
Exports Support Jobs • Nationally, U.S. jobs
Jobs Supported by Texas Goods Exports Up by 197 Thousand Jobs Since 2009
1,046,549 U.S. jobs supported by goods exports from Texas in 2015 95% of these jobs were supported by manufactured goods exports
supported by exports reached an estimated 11.5 million in 2015, up 1.9 million from 2009.
1,046,549
849,510
2009
2015
Exports Sustain Thousands of Texas Businesses • A total of 41,881
39,005
Number of small and medium-sized (SME) goods exporters in Texas in 2014
SMEs account for 93% of Texas goods exporters
...and 38% of known Texas goods export value
companies exported from Texas locations in 2014.
Exports from SMEs
SME Exporters
Source: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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