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U.S. states and territories by exports 2018 (in current dollars) National rank State/territory Exports in US$ [1] [2] % of states GDP [3] Largest market [2] Largest export product — United States: $1,665,992,031,822 8.0 Canada: transportation equipment 1 Texas: $315,938,509,210 17.3 Mexico: oil & gas 2 California: $178,181,052,789 5.9 Mexico
Agriculture plays a major role in the history and economy of the American state of Florida. Florida's relatively warm climate gives it a competitive position for many markets in the United States. Florida produces the majority of citrus fruit grown in the United States. Bell peppers, tomatoes, sugarcane, peaches, strawberries, and watermelons ...
shows a tractor plowing a crop field. Worker overseeing cotton gin, ca. 1940s. Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food. [1] As of the 2017 census of agriculture, there were 2.04 million farms, covering an area of 900 million acres (1,400,000 sq mi), an average of 441 acres (178 hectares) per farm.
Almonds were California's third most valuable agricultural product in 2019, accounting for $4.9 billion (about 11%) of agricultural output. [1] Almond production increased from 703 million pounds (319 kt) in 2000 to 2.27 billion pounds (1.03 Mt) in 2017. [5] Prices rose over the same period, fueled in part by overseas demand.
In 2017, Florida became the United States' eighth largest exporter of trade goods. Florida's top countries for export are Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and Colombia. [11] In 2017, Florida became the United States' tenth largest importer of trade goods. Florida imported US$75.4 billion worth of goods globally in 2017. The value of Florida's ...
Cotton production is a $21 billion-per-year industry in the United States, employing over 125,000 people in total, [1] as against growth of forty billion pounds a year from 77 million acres of land covering more than eighty countries. [3] The final estimate of U.S. cotton production in 2012 was 17.31 million bales, [4] with the corresponding ...
Citrus fruits are produced all over the world; according to the FAO, as of 2016, about 79% of the world's total citrus production was grown in the Northern Hemisphere, with countries of the Mediterranean Basin contributing the largest volumes, while Brazil was the largest citrus producer in the Southern Hemisphere and the world. [4]
Rice production is the fourth largest among cereals in the United States, after corn, wheat, and sorghum. Of the country's row crop farms, rice farms are the most capital-intensive and have the highest national land rental rate average. In the United States, all rice acreage requires irrigation.