California: Price Movements of Top Exports and
Other Highlights
April 2017
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California’s total export value fell 1.1 percent between
2015 and 2016, reaching $163.6 billion while remaining
second only to Texas among U.S. states. During the first
quarter of 2016, export prices for nonelectrical
machinery manufacturing, computer and electronic
product manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing
all decreased. During the same period, the export price
index for transportation equipment manufacturing
rose 1.1 percent while export prices for all
manufacturing rose 0.5 percent.
Top Six California Exports by Trade Dollar Value, 2016
Billions of Dollars
 California’s largest export in 2016
$50
was computer and electronic product
manufacturing, which ranked second
in the United States with $42.4
billion.
$42.4
$40
$30
 In 2016, California’s transportation
$18.7
$20
equipment manufacturing exports
($18.7 billion) ranked fourth in the
United States.
$14.5
$14.4
$13.4
$13.1
Miscellaneous
Manufactured
Commodities
Nonelectrical
Machinery
Manufacturing
Chemical
Manufacturing
Crop Production
$10
$0
Computer &
Electronic Product
Manufacturing
Transportation
Equipment
Manufacturing
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics.
 California’s nonelectrical machinery
and chemical manufacturing exports
ranked
second
and
third,
respectively, in 2016.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
 Computer
and electronic product
manufacturing export prices fell 0.5
percent between December and March.
 Export
prices for computer and
electronic product manufacturing fell
1.7 percent over the past 12 months,
while all manufacturing prices rose 2.3
percent.
 Semiconductor
prices, the index’s
largest contributor, fell 0.3 percent
between December and March.
Index value, March 2016 = 100
103
102
101
100
99
98
97
Mar-16
May-16
Jul-16
Sep-16
Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Price Program.
Nov-16
Jan-17
All Manufacturing
Mar-17
Export Price Indexes (MXP) and California Highlights
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U.S. Export Price Indexes: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
 Export
prices
for
transportation
equipment manufacturing increased 1.1
percent during the first quarter of 2017.
 Transportation equipment manufacturing
export prices recorded a 1.9-percent rise
for the year ended in March.
 Motor vehicle parts, a contributor to
transport equipment manufacturing,
ticked up 0.1 for the year ended in
March. This was the first 12-month
advance since November 2014.
Index value, March 2016 = 100
103
102
101
100
99
98
Mar-16
May-16
Jul-16
Sep-16
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Nov-16
Jan-17
Mar-17
All Manufacturing
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Price Program.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Nonelectrical Machinery Manufacturing
 The export price index for nonelectrical
Index value, March 2016 = 100
103
machinery manufacturing fell 0.2
percent between December 2016 and
March 2017.
102
101
 Prices
for nonelectrical machinery
manufacturing exports declined 0.4
percent over the past year.
100
99
 Nonelectrical machinery manufacturing
prices ticked up 0.1 percent in March,
the largest monthly increase since April
2016.
98
Mar-16
May-16
Jul-16
Sep-16
Nonelectrical Machinery Manufacturing
Nov-16
Jan-17
Mar-17
All Manufacturing
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Price Program.
U.S. Export Price Indexes: Chemical Manufacturing
 Export chemical manufacturing prices
recorded a 0.4-percent fall for the 3
months ended in March.
 Between March 2015 and 2016, prices
for export chemical manufacturing
advanced 1.4 percent.
 Chemical manufacturing replaced crop
production as the fifth largest
Californian export in 2016. Higher prices
for petroleum contributed to the
increase in export value.
Index value, March 2016 = 100
103
103
102
102
101
101
100
100
99
99
Mar-16
May-16
Jul-16
Sep-16
Chemical Manufacturing
Nov-16
Jan-17
All Manufacturing
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Price Program.
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