The ITA promotes trade and investments in the United States through data aggregation and studies on global markets and specific U.S. regions. The agency utilizes its research to negotiate on behalf of U.S. industries and is also responsible for enforcing compliance with trade agreements.
The ITA includes Palm Beach County in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area, which includes counties from Florida.
The following is the ranking of the top exporting counties in the largest trade metros across the U.S.
Rank
County
Metro Area
2017 Exports
1
Harris County
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
$78,407,702,569
2
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
$48,164,783,380
3
New York County
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
$38,577,645,906
4
King County
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
$31,959,339,563
5
Miami-Dade County
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$25,499,828,936
6
Snohomish County
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
$24,586,046,670
7
Wayne County
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
$22,329,918,638
8
Cook County
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
$21,413,563,126
9
Santa Clara County
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
$21,331,678,493
10
Alameda County
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
$19,518,964,364
11
San Diego County
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
$18,637,096,248
12
Dallas County
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$18,236,839,717
13
Orange County
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
$15,588,108,613
14
Jefferson County
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$14,677,275,006
15
Kenton County
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
$14,496,295,701
16
Oakland County
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
$14,418,407,583
17
Maricopa County
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
$12,930,878,549
18
Washington County
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
$11,532,553,702
19
Travis County
Austin-Round Rock, TX
$11,491,871,868
20
Greenville County
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
$11,090,026,950
21
Nueces County
Corpus Christi, TX
$10,425,548,123
22
Fulton County
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$10,205,989,130
23
Middlesex County
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
$9,207,939,582
24
Webb County
Laredo, TX
$9,160,662,034
25
Hartford County
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
$9,051,922,611
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