Kansas dropped to sixth place among the 50 states as an exporter of agricultural products during fiscal year (FY) 2003, according to data released by the Economics Research Service, USDA, and Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service. Exports from six out of the top ten states increased. The total value of Kansas exports, at nearly $3.0 billion, is down 2 percent from the previous fiscal year. Most of the value decrease came from the Sunflower Seed & Oil , Feed Grains & Products, Soybeans & Products, and Feeds & Fodders categories. Kansas accounted for 5.3 percent of the $56.2 billion U.S. agricultural exports in FY 2003.

Kansas was ranked in first place for Wheat & Products and Feeds & Fodders. The export numbers show Kansas ranking second in the Nation for Live Animals & Meat, Hides & Skins, and Animal Fats. Other top ten rankings for Kansas were Sunflower Seed & Oil (third place with $7.3 million), Seed (fourth place with $38.1 million), and Feed Grains & Products (sixth place with $401.9 million). Live Animals & Meat comprised 28 percent of the total Kansas exports and 13 percent of all U.S. Live Animal & Meat exports. Wheat & Products accounted for 25 percent of the State total and 14 percent of the National All Wheat & Products exports. Feed Grains & Products tallied 14 and 6 percent of the State and National exports, respectively.

The United States exported $56.2 billion of agricultural commodities in FY 2003, up 5 percent from 2002. California continued to lead the Nation in agricultural exports at $8.2 billion. Iowa ranked second, followed by Texas, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Washington, North Dakota, and Indiana. Agricultural export estimates by State are based on the assumption that if a State contributes a certain percentage of U.S. production, it contributes a similar percentage of export revenues. When appropriate, however, supplemental data (Customs district data, domestic use data, and the Census of Agriculture data, for example) were used to adjust the export share.

LEADING STATES IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

SELECTED COMMODITIES, FISCAL YEAR 2003 1/

Commodity Group

United

States

Leading 10 States by Value

Million Dollars

Total

56186.4

8210.0

3637.8

3427.8

3363.5

3041.1

2969.6

2637.3

1912.0

1767.3

1622.3

Soybeans & Products

8287.5

1501.0

1364.1

928.7

720.0

530.2

511.2

454.2

381.2

290.1

261.0

Feed Grains & Prods.

6731.0

1298.9

1003.2

711.1

672.0

435.9

401.9

316.2

266.7

217.4

216.5

Live Animals & Meat

6483.0

1047.9

842.3

756.1

584.1

311.4

270.1

250.4

228.9

218.8

214.6

Wheat & Products

5326.8

756.2

582.3

351.0

311.3

280.3

245.6

227.1

198.4

190.5

165.8

Vegetables & Prep.

4675.6

2267.6

438.7

242.5

214.5

192.9

139.0

137.7

121.7

120.6

76.3

Fruits & Prep.

3545.3

1898.5

569.0

552.6

107.5

51.2

48.2

40.7

35.7

23.2

20.9

Cotton & Linters

2726.7

802.8

335.1

305.4

263.4

249.1

129.1

127.2

116.6

99.8

96.3

Poultry & Products

2105.4

226.5

217.5

189.7

181.9

138.4

109.1

102.9

64.2

58.7

56.7

Feeds & Fodders

1998.7

287.6

278.1

134.6

127.2

102.9

73.1

66.5

56.4

50.6

49.7

Hides & Skins

1790.3

372.6

333.2

282.9

129.5

109.7

61.5

53.4

52.1

51.8

48.6

Tree Nuts

1489.9

1378.1

20.8

18.5

16.7

15.0

7.4

4.6

2.8

2.3

Dairy Products

1033.6

224.9

221.5

74.4

55.1

54.5

43.9

39.6

32.7

29.3

24.4

Rice

1021.2

451.7

243.2

134.9

74.1

66.9

50.4

Tobacco, Unmfd.

998.6

356.0

262.3

82.6

67.7

60.4

57.4

Seeds

813.1

201.3

81.6

50.5

38.1

37.0

35.5

30.3

24.7

20.3

19.6

Animal Fats

538.5

115.5

101.2

85.3

36.7

24.8

22.0

19.4

16.9

15.8

15.5

Peanuts & Products

187.7

84.4

36.7

23.0

15.6

14.5

4.4

4.3

2.6

2.1

Sunflower Seed & Oil

117.0

81.1

17.2

7.3

4.0

2.4

1.2

Cottonseed & Products

102.9

30.9

12.2

11.6

10.4

9.0

4.8

4.5

3.9

3.6

Other

6213.9

1055.6

514.3

461.6

378.0

352.2

307.3

214.2

197.7

143.6

116.1

Other = Misc. oilseeds, sugar and tropical products, nursery and greenhouse, essential oils, beverages other than juice, and misc. animal products.

KANSAS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
Commodity	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	Million Dollars
Wheat & Products. . . .	816.0	744.4	618.4	699.2	756.2
Feed Grains & Prod.. . .	522.6	512.2	472.4	522.0	401.9
Live Animals & Meat (Excluding Poultry). . . .	748.7	957.8	881.6	748.5	842.3
Hides & Skins. . . . . . . .	202.9	278.7	387.9	319.2	333.2
Soybeans & Products. .	178.4	203.4	123.5	221.6	175.7
Feeds & Fodders. . . . .	298.5	307.3	338.8	343.1	287.6
Animal Fats. . . . . . . . .	104.5	80.4	62.9	79.3	101.2
Seeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	33.5	39.3	34.7	43.2	38.1
Sunflower Seed & Oil. .	16.6	22.8	15.7	25.0	7.3
Dairy Products. . . . . . .	2.5	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	14.2	15.1	17.3	16.8	26.1
Total. .	2,938.4	3,162.1	2,953.2	3,017.9	2,969.6