Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro exports are most similar to Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell in 2017

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Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area exported $20.79 billion in 2017, $501.61 million more than Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, according to the International Trade Administration.

The ITA promotes trade and investments in the United States through data aggregation and studies on global markets and specific U.S. regions. The agency utilizes its research to negotiate on behalf of U.S. industries and is also responsible for enforcing compliance with trade agreements.

The ITA reports trade totals for exports in the largest export metros in the U.S. The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area, which consists of ten counties, exported $20.29 billion in 2017. The U.S. metro area with the nearest export total was the seven-county Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area in Oregon and Washington.

The metro area responsible for the most exports in the U.S. was Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, a nine-county metro area in Texas. It exported $95.76 billion in 2017, or $75.47 billion more than Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell.

The following table shows the value of total exports for other metros with export totals similar to Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell.

RankMetro AreaTotal exported (in billions)Difference from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (in billions)
13San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$21.46$1.17
14New Orleans-Metairie, LA$21.16$0.88
15Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$20.78$0.50
16Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$20.28--
17Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$18.89-$1.39
18San Diego-Carlsbad, CA$18.63-$1.65
19Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$16.15-$4.13

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