Texas trade ranks No. 1 again (and again)

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock in September began a Good for Texas Tour of state ports, which serve as critical gateways to global trade. With 32 official ports of entry — plus two intermodal logistics facilities — Texas is a central part of the U.S. trade universe, accounting for 20 percent of the country’s trade.

No. 1 in trade!

The state’s expansive Gulf Coast and border with Mexico allow Texas to leverage its seaports, international bridges, railways, airports and interstate highways to help rank it first among all states in overall value of trade commodities and first in commodities exported out of the U.S. since 2002.

Texas resilience

Texas more than bounced back from the 2020 COVID dip when the state’s trade value fell to $634.6 billion. Texas’ trade value has spiked to a robust $1.1 trillion, an increase of 67.6 percent from 2020.

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