Exports - Foreign Trade

In 2007 the Kansas City area exported over $6.7 billion worth of goods internationally. Transportation equipment was the leading exported product at 27 percent of the total, followed by crop production (25 percent), food and kindred products (13 percent), chemicals (10 percent) and computer and electronic products (11 percent). All other goods amounted to 15 percent of the total.

Canada is far away the largest exporting nation receiving 30 percent of Kansas City's exported goods followed by Mexico (18 percent), Japan (14 percent) and China (5 percent). All other nations combined account for the remaining 34 percent.

 

Metro Area	Export Value 2007	GRP 2007	Exports as Percent of GRP
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA	$      15,783,874,455	$         109,637,000,000	14.4%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$      21,627,985,634	$         186,738,000,000	11.6%
Austin-Round Rock, TX	$        8,428,599,891	$            75,752,000,000	11.1%
Salt Lake City, UT	$        5,563,028,061	$            60,594,000,000	9.2%
St. Louis, MO-IL	$      10,481,358,095	$         122,096,000,000	8.6%
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN	$        7,978,723,290	$            93,063,000,000	8.6%
Kansas City, MO-KS	$        6,706,324,107	$            97,538,000,000	6.9%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	$        1,878,868,655	$            43,176,000,000	4.4%
Denver-Aurora, CO	$        4,195,837,752	$         143,914,000,000	2.9%

While Kansas City's export total continues to increase ( exports totaled $5.7 billion in 2006, and we are on pace to exceed $8 billion in 2008) exports are still a relatively small portion of our local economy. 2007 exports were only 7 percent of the total Gross Regional Product for the Kansas City Metro. Among our peer metros, that percent is toward the bottom.

See Export Data in Exel Format