Biggest exports from South Dakota
The U.S. trade deficit neared $1 trillion in 2022, hitting a record high.
At the same time, total exports grew faster than imports, and select U.S. exports are experiencing particularly high surges. The war in Ukraine led many European countries to import U.S. oil as they largely stopped importing from Russia. U.S. farm exports surpassed records as values grew across main markets, including China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and the European Union.
Nationwide, the largest 2022 exports were fuel, oil, and byproducts; nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; electronics; vehicles; and aircraft, spacecraft, and aerospace parts. But each state specializes in its own combination of commodities that contribute to the national export catalog.
Stacker compiled a list of the 30 largest exports from South Dakota in 2022 using trade data from the Census Bureau. Stacker considered all 98 export categories included in the global harmonized system in its rankings. Read on to see the top exports in your state.
#30. Live animals
#29. Toys, games and sport equipment; parts and accessories
#28. Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
#27. Sugars and sugar confectionary
#26. Rubber and articles thereof
#25. Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard
#24. Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
#23. Articles of iron or steel
#22. Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles for industrial use
#21. Aluminum and articles thereof
#20. Milling products; malt; starch; inulin; wheat gluten
#19. Raw hides and skins (no furskins) and leather
#18. Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
#17. Pharmaceutical products
#16. Miscellaneous chemical products
#15. Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
#14. Animal or vegetable fats, oils etc. and waxes
#13. Edible preparations of meat, fish, crustaceans, etc.
#12. Salt; sulfur; earth and stone; lime and cement plaster
#11. Cereals
#10. Dairy prods; birds eggs; honey; other edible animal products
#9. Albuminoidal substances; modified starches;
glues; enzymes
glues; enzymes