New England: Price Movements of Top Exports and
Other Highlights
June 2017
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Exports for New England totaled $52.5 billion in 2016,
the same as the 2015 trade‐dollar value of $52.5
billion. Prices for New England’s top export industry,
computer and electronic products, which accounts for
22.4 percent of New England’s exports, increased
between February and May. Nonelectrical machinery
manufacturing prices as well as export prices for
transporta on equipment also rose over the 3 month
period ended in May.
Top Six New England Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2016
 New
England accounted for 5.8
percent of total U.S. exports of
computer and electronics products;
Massachuse s alone accounted for
3.4 percent.
 The six New England states accounted
for 2.9 percent of the total U.S.
exports of transporta on equipment.
 New
England’s top six export
industries accounted for slightly more
than 72 percent of the region’s total
export dollars.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing
 Computer and electronic manufacturing
comprises 26.9 percent of total exports
from Massachuse s.
 Export
prices for computer and
electronic product manufacturing rose
0.2 percent for the 3‐month period
ended in May, while manufacturing ex‐
port prices recorded no changed.
 Export
computer and electronic
product prices fell 1.3 percent over the
year ended in May.
Import/Export Price Indexes (MXP) and New England Highlights
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Transporta on Equipment Manufacturing
 Transporta on equipment manufacturing
made up 43.2 percent of Connec cut's
exports by trade‐dollar value.
 The price index advanced 0.2 percent for
the 3 months ended in May and 1.9
percent for the year ended in May.
 Con nued global demand for aerospace
products and parts contributed to the
quarterly advance in transporta on
equipment manufacturing prices.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Nonelectrical Machinery Manufacturing
 In 2016, Massachuse s accounted for
53.6 percent of New England's total
nonelectrical machinery exports by
trade‐dollar value.
 Over the past 3 months, nonelectrical
machinery manufacturing
prices rose 0.2 percent.
export
 Export
prices for nonelectrical
machinery manufacturing fell 0.5
percent for the year ended in May.
New England Computer & Electronic Products Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2016
 Massachuse s’s exports of computer
and electronic products accounted for
59.2 percent of total New England
exports of this industry.
 New England ranked 4th na onally in
exports of computer and electronic
products behind Texas, California, and
Florida.
 New England’s $11.7 billion in computer
and electronic products exports
made up 5.8 percent of total U.S.
exports of these goods.
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