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Stacker compiled a list of the countries Virginia exports the most goods to using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
American exports grew 18.7% in 2021 to $2.5 trillion after the coronavirus pandemic drove exports in 2020 to their lowest levels since 2010, according to Commerce Department data. The pandemic threw a monkey wrench into supply chains while flattening demand, all in the midst of significant tariffs imposed by the United States on China and the European Union.
Stacker compiled a list of countries that Virginia exports the most goods to using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Countries are ranked by the highest value of exports in 2021 with Virginia.
The trade gap grew from $576.9 billion in 2019 to $861.4 billion in 2021. Meanwhile, Canada became the top U.S. trade partner after being third in 2020 behind China and Mexico. Keep reading to see which countries your home state exports the most goods to.
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--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($37.6 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($24.2 million)
--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($16.5 million)
- Total trade: $190.8 million ($104.9 million trade surplus)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($23.8 million)
--- Art Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica Etc. ($3.8 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($2.9 million)
--- Oil Seeds Etc.; Misc Grain, Seed, Fruit, Plant Etc ($107.1 million)
--- Manmade Staple Fibers, Incl Yarns & Woven Fabrics ($13.3 million)
--- Iron And Steel ($9.2 million)
- Total trade: $196.2 million ($102.5 million trade surplus)
--- Apparel Articles And Accessories, Not Knit Etc. ($24.6 million)
--- Apparel Articles And Accessories, Knit Or Crochet ($9.3 million)
--- Carpets And Other Textile Floor Coverings ($5.5 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($61.7 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($28.2 million)
- Total trade: $448.3 million ($135.5 million trade deficit)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($31.4 million)
--- Prep Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts Or Other Plant Parts ($21.3 million)
--- Wood And Articles Of Wood; Wood Charcoal ($50.7 million)
--- Oil Seeds Etc.; Misc Grain, Seed, Fruit, Plant Etc ($15.1 million)
--- Tobacco & Subs;prod For Inhal W/o Combust;nic Prod ($12.9 million)
- Total trade: $1.7 billion ($1.4 billion trade deficit)
--- Furnit;bedding,mattres;luminaires,light Fix;prefab ($281.7 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($234.9 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($224.1 million)
--- Beverages, Spirits And Vinegar ($46.3 million)
--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($41.2 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($20.7 million)
- Total trade: $260.2 million ($62.6 million trade surplus)
--- Wood And Articles Of Wood; Wood Charcoal ($35.9 million)
--- Fish, Crustaceans & Aquatic Invertebrates ($13.2 million)
--- Prep Of Meat,of Fish,of Crustaceans Etc,of Insects ($12.1 million)
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--- Meat And Edible Meat Offal ($35.8 million)
--- Food Industry Residues & Waste; Prep Animal Feed ($20.5 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($12.1 million)
- Total trade: $336.1 million ($30.8 million trade surplus)
--- Coffee, Tea, Mate & Spices ($102.4 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($8.7 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($8.3 million)
--- Tobacco & Subs;prod For Inhal W/o Combust;nic Prod ($124.9 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($25.7 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($14.6 million)
- Total trade: $582.4 million ($203.3 million trade deficit)
--- Beverages, Spirits And Vinegar ($150.9 million)
--- Tools, Cutlery Etc. Of Base Metal & Parts Thereof ($59.7 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($47.3 million)
--- Manmade Staple Fibers, Incl Yarns & Woven Fabrics ($46.0 million)
--- Food Industry Residues & Waste; Prep Animal Feed ($37.7 million)
--- Oil Seeds Etc.; Misc Grain, Seed, Fruit, Plant Etc ($29.0 million)
- Total trade: $1.0 billion ($613.8 million trade deficit)
--- Animal, Vegetable Or Microbial Fats And Oils Etc ($207.2 million)
--- Prep Of Meat,of Fish,of Crustaceans Etc,of Insects ($100.6 million)
--- Furnit;bedding,mattres;luminaires,light Fix;prefab ($99.1 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($207.8 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($799,339)
--- Tobacco & Subs;prod For Inhal W/o Combust;nic Prod ($714,472)
- Total trade: $214.7 million ($205.3 million trade surplus)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($2.9 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($758,697)
--- Tools, Cutlery Etc. Of Base Metal & Parts Thereof ($560,549)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($94.1 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($38.9 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($17.3 million)
- Total trade: $276.7 million ($147.8 million trade surplus)
--- Wadding, Felt Etc; Sp Yarn; Twine, Ropes Etc. ($25.7 million)
--- Iron And Steel ($16.9 million)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($11.2 million)
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--- Oil Seeds Etc.; Misc Grain, Seed, Fruit, Plant Etc ($88.5 million)
--- Aluminum And Articles Thereof ($43.3 million)
--- Iron And Steel ($17.0 million)
- Total trade: $2.3 billion ($1.9 billion trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($1.8 billion)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($151.7 million)
--- Furnit;bedding,mattres;luminaires,light Fix;prefab ($32.8 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($168.7 million)
--- Wood Pulp Etc; Recovd (waste & Scrap) ppr & pprbd ($22.7 million)
--- Manmade Filaments, Including Yarns & Woven Fabrics ($10.5 million)
- Total trade: $502.2 million ($26.9 million trade deficit)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($70.2 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($64.4 million)
--- Articles Of Iron Or Steel ($40.1 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($138.9 million)
--- Iron And Steel ($29.6 million)
--- Oil Seeds Etc.; Misc Grain, Seed, Fruit, Plant Etc ($26.1 million)
- Total trade: $589.7 million ($104.5 million trade deficit)
--- Inorg Chem; Prec & Rare-earth Met & Radioact Compd ($67.8 million)
--- Tobacco & Subs;prod For Inhal W/o Combust;nic Prod ($59.2 million)
--- Art Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica Etc. ($27.6 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($108.4 million)
--- Essential Oils Etc; Perfumery, Cosmetic Etc Preps ($29.9 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($25.7 million)
- Total trade: $1.0 billion ($518.1 million trade deficit)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($201.8 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($107.0 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($109.8 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($49.7 million)
--- Oil Seeds Etc.; Misc Grain, Seed, Fruit, Plant Etc ($30.5 million)
- Total trade: $1.3 billion ($724.5 million trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($294.0 million)
--- Arms And Ammunition; Parts And Accessories Thereof ($93.2 million)
--- Beverages, Spirits And Vinegar ($88.2 million)
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--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($87.5 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($41.9 million)
--- Optic, Photo Etc, Medic Or Surgical Instrments Etc ($34.1 million)
- Total trade: $344.7 million ($238.2 million trade surplus)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($11.0 million)
--- Tanning & Dye Ext Etc; Dye, Paint, Putty Etc; Inks ($9.3 million)
--- Beverages, Spirits And Vinegar ($7.6 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($118.2 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($50.0 million)
--- Essential Oils Etc; Perfumery, Cosmetic Etc Preps ($25.8 million)
- Total trade: $310.5 million ($290.2 million trade surplus)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($3.2 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($2.0 million)
--- Special Classification Provisions, Nesoi ($1.1 million)
--- Meat And Edible Meat Offal ($75.2 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($34.1 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($31.5 million)
- Total trade: $831.4 million ($54.1 million trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($154.9 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($52.9 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($38.6 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($385.2 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($44.1 million)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($20.5 million)
- Total trade: $1.1 billion ($67.5 million trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($466.3 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($73.3 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($8.9 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($179.5 million)
--- Manmade Staple Fibers, Incl Yarns & Woven Fabrics ($76.5 million)
--- Wadding, Felt Etc; Sp Yarn; Twine, Ropes Etc. ($75.8 million)
- Total trade: $684.7 million ($344.8 million trade surplus)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($57.9 million)
--- Aluminum And Articles Thereof ($17.6 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($13.3 million)
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--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($96.2 million)
--- Meat And Edible Meat Offal ($76.2 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($42.3 million)
- Total trade: $1.4 billion ($349.7 million trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($284.9 million)
--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($156.5 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($71.6 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($300.9 million)
--- Oil Seeds Etc.; Misc Grain, Seed, Fruit, Plant Etc ($85.5 million)
--- Beverages, Spirits And Vinegar ($44.2 million)
- Total trade: $1.5 billion ($363.9 million trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($440.3 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($167.1 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($50.3 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($104.3 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($104.1 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($103.0 million)
- Total trade: $1.6 billion ($375.9 million trade deficit)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($349.2 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($175.9 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($64.6 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($280.6 million)
--- Optic, Photo Etc, Medic Or Surgical Instrments Etc ($68.7 million)
- Total trade: $973.7 million ($337.1 million trade surplus)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($79.6 million)
--- Paper & Paperboard & Articles (inc Papr Pulp Artl) ($45.3 million)
--- Special Classification Provisions, Nesoi ($33.1 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($420.0 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($81.9 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($34.9 million)
- Total trade: $1.3 billion ($51.3 million trade surplus)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($206.2 million)
--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($74.9 million)
--- Wood And Articles Of Wood; Wood Charcoal ($70.5 million)
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--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($203.0 million)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($99.4 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($82.5 million)
- Total trade: $3.0 billion ($1.5 billion trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($867.5 million)
--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($276.5 million)
--- Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof ($211.7 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($505.5 million)
--- Aluminum And Articles Thereof ($71.0 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($52.3 million)
- Total trade: $2.4 billion ($766.5 million trade deficit)
--- Textile Art Nesoi; Needlecraft Sets; Worn Text Art ($302.0 million)
--- Furnit;bedding,mattres;luminaires,light Fix;prefab ($127.5 million)
--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($110.5 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($151.7 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($126.0 million)
--- Meat And Edible Meat Offal ($69.5 million)
- Total trade: $3.2 billion ($1.4 billion trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($1.2 billion)
--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($408.0 million)
--- Textile Art Nesoi; Needlecraft Sets; Worn Text Art ($155.8 million)
--- Mineral Fuel, Oil Etc.; Bitumin Subst; Mineral Wax ($889.7 million)
--- Meat And Edible Meat Offal ($615.7 million)
--- Oil Seeds Etc.; Misc Grain, Seed, Fruit, Plant Etc ($602.8 million)
- Total trade: $10.5 billion ($4.1 billion trade deficit)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($1.3 billion)
--- Toys, Games & Sport Equipment; Parts & Accessories ($1.1 billion)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($915.3 million)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($646.0 million)
--- Vehicles, Except Railway Or Tramway, And Parts Etc ($615.0 million)
--- Plastics And Articles Thereof ($338.7 million)
- Total trade: $6.0 billion ($493.4 million trade surplus)
--- Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery Etc.; Parts ($471.6 million)
--- Electric Machinery Etc; Sound Equip; Tv Equip; Pts ($205.1 million)
--- Wood And Articles Of Wood; Wood Charcoal ($204.5 million)
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