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US exports of goods and services, 1947 to 2026

US exports of goods and services, quarterly, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED. · updated Jul 2026

About this statistic

US exports of goods and services stood at $3,509 in 2026, up 4.7% on the previous period.

The latest reading is $3.51 trillion, for January 2026, against $3.35 trillion in October 2025. The series is quarterly (FRED series EXPGS) and runs from January 1947.

How it is measured

US exports of goods and services, from the BEA's national accounts, quarterly at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, in billions of dollars. Services, software, finance, travel, education, are a large and growing share alongside the visible goods trade. The data reaches us through FRED, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's data service, and originates with the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

What the curve shows

Exports run at $3.51 trillion annualized as of January 2026, from $18.39 billion at the window's start. Read against imports, the gap is the trade balance; on its own, this line measures what the world buys from America.

Frequently asked questions
Are services really exports?
Yes: a foreign student's tuition, a tourist's hotel bill, and a software license sold abroad all count. The US runs a persistent surplus in services that partly offsets its goods deficit.
Why annualized quarterly figures?
Scaling each quarter to a full-year pace makes quarters comparable to years and to GDP itself, which is reported the same way.
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