Pa. Ag Snapshot: ...
$1.7 billion in international sales, making agricultural products the state’s leading export.
Ahem. From Export.gov:
Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Exporting Industries for 2012
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Rank
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Industry
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2012 Exports (US$)
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2011 Exports (US$)
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% Change
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1
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Chemicals
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7.78 B
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7.86 B
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1% Decrease
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2
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Machinery, except electrical
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4.87 B
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4.85B
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0%
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3
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Primary Metal Manufacturing
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3.84 B
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4.23B
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9% Decrease
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4
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Computers & Electronic Products
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3.79 B
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4.09 B
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7% Decrease
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5
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Transportation Equipment
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3.15 B
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3.38 B
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7% Decrease
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6
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Electrical Equipment, Applications & Components
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1.86 B
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1.73 B
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4% Increase
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7
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Food Manufactures
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1.75 B
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1.53 B
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14% Increase
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8
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Fabricated Metal Products, NESOI
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1.65 B
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1.49 B
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11% Increase
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9
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Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities
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1.58 B
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1.39 B
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14% Increase
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10
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Minerals & Ores
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1.40 B
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2.96 B
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53% Decrease
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Also notice the delicate phrasing in the fact sheet: "1 in 7 jobs are related to agriculture."
Sigh.
Gee, Tim, nearly all of us _use_ agricultural products while we work.
ReplyDeleteAnd categories like "Chemicals" and "Machinery" unfairly lump together
all sorts of products, unlike the well-defined "Agricultural Products".
:-)
Clif