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Montana Agricultural Statistics 1993 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 



The value of Montana agricultural commodities exported during the year ending 

 September 30, 1992 totaled $531.7 million, nearly two and one-half times more than the year 

 earlier. Most of the increase was accounted for in the wheat and wheat products category. 

 Wheat and its products accounted for 80 percent of Montana's exports. 



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

 $42,417.5 million, up 13 percent from the previous year. Wheat and feed grain products 

 accounted for 28 percent of the nation's agricultural exports. 



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

 fiscal year 1992 compared with seventh place last year. Kansas moved into the top position, 

 followed by North Dakota, Montana, Washington, Oklahoma, Idaho, and South Dakota. 

 California remained the top exporting state of all products, followed by Iowa, Nebraska, 

 Illinois, and Texas. Montana ranked twenty-fifth in the export of all products. 



While bulk products such as wheat, sorghum, and soybeans gained in fiscal year 1992, 

 U.S. exports of high value agricultural products set yet another new record, exceeding a 10 

 percent share for the first time ever. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS: Montana and U.S., 1990-1992 



'^ Fiscal year ending September 30. 



SOURCE: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the U.S., March/April 1993. 



