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Goods and services US producers sell to the rest of the world.

Exports
$3.75T
Billions of dollars · latest, Apr 2026
vs prior quarter▲ 6.9%
vs year ago▲ 14.8%
1948-49 Recession · Nov 1948 – Oct 19491953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 19541957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 19581960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 19611969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 19701973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 19751980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 19801981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 19821990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020$1.0T$2.0T$3.0T19501960197019801990200020102020$3.75T
Exports — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
YearExports
1947$0.02T
1948$0.01T
1949$0.01T
1950$0.01T
1951$0.02T
1952$0.02T
1953$0.02T
1954$0.02T
1955$0.02T
1956$0.02T
1957$0.02T
1958$0.02T
1959$0.02T
1960$0.03T
1961$0.03T
1962$0.03T
1963$0.03T
1964$0.04T
1965$0.04T
1966$0.04T
1967$0.04T
1968$0.05T
1969$0.06T
1970$0.06T
1971$0.06T
1972$0.08T
1973$0.11T
1974$0.14T
1975$0.14T
1976$0.16T
1977$0.16T
1978$0.21T
1979$0.25T
1980$0.29T
1981$0.30T
1982$0.27T
1983$0.29T
1984$0.31T
1985$0.31T
1986$0.33T
1987$0.39T
1988$0.47T
1989$0.52T
1990$0.57T
1991$0.62T
1992$0.64T
1993$0.67T
1994$0.76T
1995$0.84T
1996$0.90T
1997$0.97T
1998$0.97T
1999$1.03T
2000$1.11T
2001$0.95T
2002$1.00T
2003$1.09T
2004$1.22T
2005$1.35T
2006$1.53T
2007$1.75T
2008$1.70T
2009$1.70T
2010$1.97T
2011$2.15T
2012$2.24T
2013$2.35T
2014$2.38T
2015$2.22T
2016$2.27T
2017$2.48T
2018$2.54T
2019$2.54T
2020$2.28T
2021$2.78T
2022$3.06T
2023$3.11T
2024$3.25T
2025$3.35T
2026$3.75T

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Source: FRED · EXPGS · series · Jan 1947 to Apr 2026 · latest-revised

Refreshed Jul 31, 2026 from FRED.

Goods and services US producers sell to the rest of the world.

US exports of goods and services, in current dollars (national accounts).

Source: FRED · Apr 2026 · Full lesson → Learn

About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event up with a move is not evidence it caused the move.

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  • Imports Goods and services bought from abroad, the other side.
  • Trade Balance Exports minus imports in one number.
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