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California Office of Trade and Investment, London

 
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR ANALYSIS

• California export growth in Q1 2001 was broad-based, with 19 of the top 20 export categories experiencing growth.  The top 14 export categories were all up and 8 of the top 10 showed double digit increases over the same period in 2000. 
  
  
• Exports of computer and electronic products increased 9 percent in Q1 2001 to total nearly $15 billion.  Computer and electronic products is California’s largest export commodity accounting for more than 49 percent of total California exports through the first three months of the year.
  
  
• Exports of nonelectrical machinery, California’s second largest export sector, increased 16.9 percent in Q1 2001 totalling $3.4 billion. 
  
  
• Other top sectors showing strong double-digit growth in the first quarter include:  transportation equipment ($2.4 billion, up 25 percent), chemicals ($1.3 billion, up 26 percent), miscellaneous manufactured commodities ($1.1 billion, up 15 percent), and electrical equipment ($988 million, up 11 percent). 
  
  
• Exports of agricultural products also showed strong growth in the first quarter.  Exports of processed foods ($923 million, up 13 percent) and agricultural products ($874 million, up 25 percent) both demonstrated strong gains through the first three months of 2001.