84 Agricultural Exports 



1991 Montana Agricultural Statistics 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 



The value of Montana agricultural commodities exported during the year ending 

 September 30, 1990 totaled $378.3 million, up 27 percent from a year earlier. This increase 

 was apparent primarily in the wheat and feed grain categories. These two commodities 

 contributed 87 percent of Montana's exports. 



Value of United States agricultural exports for the year ending September 30 totaled 

 $40,181.8 million, up 1 percent from the previous year. Wheat and feed grain products 

 accounted for 34 percent of the nation's agricultural exports. 



Montana ranked fifth in the export of wheat and wheat products among all states in 

 fiscal year 1990, compared with thirteenth last year. Kansas remained at the top, followed by 

 Oklahoma, Washington, and North Dakota. California was the top exporting state of all 

 products, followed by Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and Texas. 



The United States exported about 1 7 percent of its total agricultural production in fiscal 

 year 1990, down slightly from last year and well below the record 22 percent set in fiscal year 

 1981. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS: Montana and U.S., 1988-1990 



' Fiscal year ending September 30. 



SOURCE: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the U.S., May/ June 1991. 



