Over the past three decades, the value of goods exported from the United States has experienced positive growth. In 2025, they reached a value of 2.19 trillion U.S. dollars, up from 2.06 trillion a year prior. The most valuable export product categories were , followed by . Meanwhile, Mexico and Canada, America’s partners in the USMCA agreement, were the biggest destinations for U.S. goods.
A world-class exporter
Trade has long been central to the United States’ economy and its place in the world. The total value of the country’s international trade, meaning imports plus exports, neared trillion U.S. dollars. That was nominal growth of about percent since 2000. The U.S. was the world’s second-largest exporter of goods. Yet it has also run a widening trade deficit, which means the U.S. has been a net importer of goods by value.
Semiconductors and rare earths set terms
Trade with China has become a political litmus test in the United States, with restrictions and tariffs becoming a staple of foreign policy. Even so, commerce continued between the two countries. In 2025, U.S. goods trade with China totaled about billion U.S. dollars. Yet the U.S. maintained export controls on semiconductors to China, while China remained a major supplier of rare earth elements to America. That left both sides with leverage points in their trade relations.
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