80 AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 



1 989 Montana Agricultural Statistics 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 



The value of Montana agricultural commodities exported during the year ending 

 September 30, 1988, totaled $432.3 million, up 64 percent from a year earlier. Wheat and 

 wheat products accounted for 79 percent of the total value of exports for the state. 



Value of United States agricultural commodities exported for the year ending September 

 30, 1988, increased 27 percent from the previous fiscal year. Wheat and wheat products 

 accounted for 13 percent of the total value of the nation's exports. 



Kansas ranked Number One in the export of wheat and wheat products in fiscal year 

 1988, followed by North Dakota, Oklahoma, Montana, and Washington. California is the 

 leading agricultural export state for all products, followed by Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and 

 Texas. 



About 18 percent of the nation's total agricultural production was exported in fiscal year 

 1988--the highest level in four years, but still below the record 24 percent set in fiscal year 

 1981. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS: Montana and U.S., 1986 - 1988 



' Fiscal year ending September 30. 



SOURCE: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the U.S., March/ April 1989. 



