Kansas ranked sixth among the 50 states as an exporter of agricultural products during fiscal year (FY) 2004, 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 $2.9 billion, is down 2 percent from the previous fiscal year. Most of the value decrease came from the Live Animals & Meat, Hides & Skins, and Feeds & Fodders categories. Kansas accounted for 4.7 percent of the $62.3 billion U.S. agricultural exports in FY 2004.

Kansas was ranked in first place for Wheat & Products. The export numbers show Kansas ranking second in the Nation for Feed & Fodders, Hides & Skins, and Animal Fats. Other top ten rankings for Kansas were Live Animals & Meat (third place with $343.2 million), Seed (third place with $66.3 million), Sunflower Seed & Oil (third place with $13.1 million), and Feed Grains & Products (sixth place with $401.5 million). Wheat & Products accounted for 39 percent of the State total and 17 percent of the National All Wheat & Products exports. Live Animals & Meat comprised 12 percent of the total Kansas exports and 8 percent of all U.S. Live Animal & Meat exports. Feed Grains & Products tallied 14 and 5 percent of the State and National exports, respectively.

The United States exported $62.3 billion of agricultural commodities in FY 2004, up 11 percent from 2003. California continued to lead the Nation in agricultural exports at $9.2 billion. Iowa ranked second, followed by Illinois, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Arkansas, North Dakota, and Washington. 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 2004 1/

Commodity Group

United

States

Leading 10 States by Value

Million Dollars

Total

62297.3

9197.3

3676.3

3654.4

3363.4

3015.0

2928.0

2891.2

1900.1

1891.9

1886.7

Soybeans & Products

9034.7

1397.8

1262.5

877.8

751.4

671.1

606.7

537.7

425.3

409.7

325.7

Feed Grains & Prods.

8104.4

1369.5

1340.2

876.6

718.0

580.1

401.5

356.6

353.6

329.0

272.3

Wheat & Products

6621.5

1149.4

749.8

420.2

355.0

325.5

313.2

271.0

264.7

227.7

224.2

Vegetables & Prep.

5187.6

2429.8

522.3

275.5

257.9

250.3

158.3

145.4

137.0

128.9

85.3

Cotton & Linters

4536.5

1081.8

522.4

520.0

492.1

444.6

255.6

253.1

219.3

202.1

172.5

Live Animals & Meat

4420.3

725.0

520.8

343.2

327.1

255.2

250.2

247.0

197.2

164.3

127.2

Fruits & Prep.

3807.8

2086.7

596.9

533.0

106.4

84.7

61.8

46.2

45.3

25.7

22.7

Poultry & Products

2512.6

274.2

272.9

229.5

228.1

176.3

135.8

77.6

75.3

70.1

69.2

Feeds & Fodders

2027.8

329.5

271.8

182.3

108.8

89.2

79.5

58.4

57.2

50.4

49.0

Tree Nuts

1887.8

1731.4

39.8

28.5

26.6

20.9

10.7

8.6

7.6

3.0

2.7

Hides & Skins

1766.8

350.4

322.3

279.8

115.1

110.6

64.2

57.4

55.9

54.8

51.9

Dairy Products

1321.6

282.1

170.8

90.1

77.8

70.3

62.7

51.9

48.8

46.5

41.9

Rice

1318.3

588.5

355.9

154.9

90.9

68.1

60.1

Tobacco, Unmfd.

1049.5

382.2

266.0

80.8

80.3

73.5

49.1

Seeds

1005.1

201.5

111.2

66.3

58.8

41.9

35.9

35.7

35.1

31.3

26.3

Animal Fats

574.2

114.4

101.1

87.0

34.7

34.6

24.9

21.6

20.6

19.3

17.1

Peanuts & Products

218.7

93.9

39.8

28.6

18.7

18.3

5.8

5.3

3.1

Sunflower Seed & Oil

170.0

96.9

29.2

13.1

9.0

7.5

4.5

3.7

Cottonseed & Products

108.2

26.2

12.6

11.9

11.2

11.0

5.9

5.7

5.3

5.1

4.5

Other

6624.1

1078.4

368.7

337.9

318.0

315.8

310.1

212.1

156.6

153.2

125.3

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

KANSAS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 1/
Commodity	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Million Dollars
Wheat & Products. . . .	744.4	618.4	699.2	753.6	1,149.4
Feed Grains & Prod.. . .	512.1	472.3	521.7	398.8	401.5
Live Animals & Meat (Excluding Poultry). . . .	957.8	881.6	748.5	841.2	343.2
Hides & Skins. . . . . . . .	278.7	387.9	319.2	332.2	322.3
Soybeans & Products. .	203.4	123.5	221.6	175.3	210.0
Feeds & Fodders. . . . .	317.9	364.1	349.3	294.1	271.8
Animal Fats. . . . . . . . .	80.4	62.9	79.3	101.4	101.1
Seeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	40.0	35.3	43.6	38.2	66.3
Sunflower Seed & Oil. .	22.8	15.7	25.0	7.3	13.1
Dairy Products. . . . . . .	9.2	10.9	12.3	12.9	17.1
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	8.6	10.1	10.3	19.7	32.2
Total. .	3,175.1	2,982.7	3,030.1	2,974.7	2,928.0