In 1997, AIC formed a partnership with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Export Program to develop more accurate estimates of California’s agricultural exports. This project was initiated in response to well known problems with existing sources of state level export statistics and demand for more accurate data. State export data can be important for analyzing California’s potential markets, for helping marketing organizations and government agencies develop strategies, and for understanding foreign economic trends that may affect domestic markets.

AIC generated a commodity-specific methodology, focusing primarily on 50 California commodities, and expanding to 55 commodities in 2005, which together account for more than 90% of the state’s farm production value. For each of those commodities AIC used a variety of data sources, combining formal operations and informal adjustments depending on the commodity and industry. Industry sources were helpful, either providing explicit export data or guiding us to other sources.

The first year of the project yielded export data for 1995-1997. Since then, AIC has updated the data set and improved some of its estimation techniques and revised earlier estimates, based on advice from industry and academia. Various Issues Briefs provide more information about the methods and results from this project.


2014 California Export Data (click link to left for full file, or select individual tables below)
Table 1 - California agricultural product export values and rankings, 2012-2014
Table 2 - California Share of U.S. Agricultural Exports by Category and Commodity, 2013-2014
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Exports, 2013 and 2014
Table 4 - Major California agricultural exports to the top 15 destinations, 2013 and 2014
Table 5 - Major California agricultural exports to the European Union, 2013 & 2014
Table 6 - Ratio of California farm quantity exported to farm quantity produced, 2013 and 2014

2013 California Export Data (click link to left for full file, or select individual tables below)
Table 1 - California agricultural product export values and rankings, 2011--2013
Table 2 - California Share of U.S. Agricultural Exports by Category and Commodity, 2012-2013
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Exports, 2012 and 2013
Table 4 - Major California agricultural exports to the top 15 destinations, 2012 and 2013
Table 5 - Major California agricultural exports to the European Union, 2012 and 2013
Table 6 - Ratio of California farm quantity exported to farm quantity produced, 2012 and 2013

2012 California Export Data (click link to left for full file, or select individual tables below)
Table 1 - California agricultural product export values and rankings, 2010--2012
Table 2 - California Share of U.S. Agricultural Exports by Category and Commodity, 2011-2012
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Exports, 2011 and 2012
Table 4 - Major California agricultural exports to the top 15 destinations, 2011 and 2012
Table 5 - Major California agricultural exports to the European Union, 2011 and 2012
Table 6 - Ratio of California farm quantity exported to farm quantity produced, 2011 and 2012

2011 California Agricultural Export Data
(link above is complete file, links below are individual tables, all files .xlsx)
Table 1 - California agricultural product export values and rankings, 2009-2011
Table 2 - California Share of U.S. Agricultural Exports by Category and Commodity, 2010-2011
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Exports, 2010 and 2011
Table 4 - Major California agricultural exports to the top 15 destinations, 2010 and 2011
Table 5 - Major California agricultural exports to the European Union, 2010 and 2011
Table 6 - Ratio of California farm quantity exported to farm quantity produced, 2010 and 2011
Methodological Notes

2010 California Agricultural Export Data (xlsx file, also available as: pdf and xls)
1. California agricultural product export values and rankings, 2008-2010
2. California Share of U.S. Agricultural Exports by Category and Commodity, 2009-2010
3. Major Destinations for California Agricultural Exports, 2009 and 2010
4. Major California agricultural exports to the top 15 destinations, 2009 and 2010
5. Major California agricultural exports to the European Union, 2009 & 2010
6. Ratio of California farm quantity exported to farm quantity produced, 2009 and 2010
7. Methodological Notes

California Agricultural Exports: Year 2008 Data (Excel file)
(See also AIC Issues Brief no. 36 , California's International Agricultural Exports in 2008.)

California Agricultural Exports: Year 2007 Data
(See also AIC Issues Brief no. 35 , California's International Agricultural Exports in 2007.) Excel file contains all the following tables:
Table 1 – California Agricultural Commodity Export Values and Rankings, 2004-2007
Table 2 - California Share of US Exports, 2006-2007
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Export Commodities, 2007
Table 4 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations, 2007
Table 5 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the European Union, 2007
Table 6 - Ratio of California Farm Quantity Exported to Farm Quantity Produced, 2007 California

Agricultural Exports: Year 2006 Data
(Used in the UC Agricultural Issues Center AIC Issues Brief no. 32 , California's International Agricultural Exports in 2006.)
Table 1 – California Agricultural Commodity Export Values and Rankings, 2004-2006 (xls)
Table 2 - California Share of US Exports, 2005-2006 (xls)
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Export Commodities, 2006 (xls)
Table 4 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations, 2006 (xls)
Table 5 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the European Union, 2006 (xls)
Table 6 - Ratio of California Farm Quantity Exported to Farm Quantity Produced, 2006 (xls) California

Agricultural Exports: Year 2005 Data
Table 1 – California Agricultural Commodity Export Values and Rankings, 1995-2005 (xls)
Table 2 - California Share of US Exports, 2004-2005 (xls)
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Export Commodities, 2005 (xls)
Table 4 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations, 2005 (xls)
Table 5 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the European Union, 2005 (xls)
Table 6 - Ratio of California Farm Quantity Exported to Farm Quantity Produced, 2005 (xls) California

Agricultural Exports: Year 2004 Data
Table 1 – California Agricultural Commodity Export Values and Rankings, 2002-2004 (xls)
Table 2 - California Share of US Exports, 2003-2004 (xls)
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Export Commodities, 2004 (xls)
Table 4 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations, 2004 (xls)
Table 5 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the European Union, 2004 (xls)
Table 6 - Ratio of California Farm Quantity Exported to Farm Quantity Produced, 2004 (xls) California

Agricultural Exports: Year 2003 Data
Table 1 – California Agricultural Commodity Export Values and Rankings, 2001-2003 (pdf)
Table 2 - California Share of US Exports, 2002-2003 (pdf)
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Export Commodities, 2003 (pdf)
Table 4 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations, 2003 (pdf)
Table 5 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the European Union, 2003 (pdf)
Table 6 - Ratio of California Farm Quantity Exported to Farm Quantity Produced, 2003 (pdf)

California Agricultural Exports: Year 2002 Data
Table 3 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Export Commodities, 2002 (pdf)
Table 4 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations, 2002 (pdf)
Table 5 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the European Union, 2002 (pdf)
Table 6 - Ratio of California Farm Quantity Exported to Farm Quantity Produced, 2002 (pdf)

California Agricultural Exports: Year 2001 Data
Table 7 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Export Commodities, 2001 (pdf)
Table 8 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations, 2001 (pdf)
Table 9 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the European Union, 2001 by country and 2000 (pdf)
Table 10 - Ratio of California Farm Quantity Exported to Farm Quantity Produced, 2001 (pdf)

California Agricultural Exports: Year 2000 Data
Table 11 - Major Destinations for California Agricultural Export Commodities, 2000 (pdf)
Table 12 - Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations, 2000 (pdf)
Table 13 - California Agricultural Exports by Destination and Commodity Group, 2000 (pdf)
Table 14 - Ratio of California Farm Quantity Exported to Farm Quantity Produced, 1999-2000 (pdf)

Export Data for California’s Top 50 Agricultural Commodities, 1995-1999
Export values and rankings for the top 50 commodities, 1995-1999(pdf) (html) (xls)
Commodities shipped to the top export countries, 1999 (pdf) (html) (xls)
Major destinations for the top commodities, 1999 (pdf) (html) (xls)
Ratio of farm quantity exported to farm quantity produced (pdf) (html) (xls)
Methodology for determining exports of each commodity, 1999 (pdf) (html)