INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Agricultural Exports of Individual US States

On July 3, the USDA Economic Research Service released a report, titled "State Export Data" which consists of " ... Annual estimates of U.S. exports by State and commodity group based on each States' share of U.S. agricultural production. These ERS estimates are based on two key sources of data. Export data are national-level Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States(FATUS) data from USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, which are not separable by State. ERS also uses State-level historical production data from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to determine State export shares for U.S.crops and livestock. Using these approximations, a State that is the largest producer of an agricultural commodity will also account for the largest share of U.S.exports of that commodity. Compared with other estimates, these estimates of State of export origin tend to be more accurate for agricultural commodities and do not inflate the relative exports from port States or undercount those of inland States ..." - The report is posted at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/StateExports/