Southcentral PA’s 2015 MSA Report
January 31, 2017Posted by Brittany Fleisher, Intern
year following the International Trade Administrations’ release of their
“Metropolitan Export Series” data, we summarize the information for our region.
The southcentral region of Pennsylvania encompasses
seven Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). These seven MSAs grew their
exports by $2.3 billion since 2010, reaching a total of $8.8 billion in 2015
that accounted for 22.4% of the total share of Pennsylvania’s exports. Since
2005, export sales for our region have increased by over 159%.
|
Metropolitan
Statistical Area |
2005
Ranking out of 371 U.S. MSA’s |
2005
Total
Export Sales |
2014
Ranking out of 386 U.S. MSA’s |
2014
Total Export Sales |
2015
Ranking out of 386 U.S. MSA’s |
2015
Total
Export Sales |
|
Harrisburg-Carlisle
|
127
|
$824.1 M
|
79
|
$3.053 B
|
78
|
$2.926 B
|
|
York-Hanover
|
95
|
$1.288 B
|
102
|
$2.024 B
|
95
|
$2.076 B
|
|
Reading
|
151
|
$605.5 M
|
114
|
$1.743 B
|
108
|
$1.778 B
|
|
Lancaster
|
150
|
$605.6 M
|
165
|
$974.3 M
|
165
|
$901.3 M
|
|
Lebanon
|
316
|
$85.05 M
|
205
|
$579.8 M
|
194
|
$606.6 M
|
|
Chambersburg Waynesboro*
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
200
|
$659.2 M
|
218
|
$475.3 M
|
|
Gettysburg*
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
361
|
$63.74 M
|
362
|
$55.69 M
|
top 5 export destinations are shown below. Most notably, the United Kingdom
experienced the largest percentage increase of PA exports at 25%; surpassing
Germany to enter the top five export countries.
|
Pennsylvania’s Top 5 Export
Destinations |
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|
Rank
|
Country
|
2014
Exports |
2015
Exports |
%
Change |
|
1
|
Canada
|
$12.30
B |
$11.60
B |
6%
Decrease |
|
2
|
Mexico
|
$3.73
B |
$4.18
B |
12%
Increase |
|
3
|
United
Kingdom |
$1.85
B |
$2.33
B |
25%
Increase |
|
4
|
China
|
$2.40
B |
$2.06
B |
14%
Decrease |
|
5
|
Japan
|
$1.58
B |
$1.67
B |
5%
Increase |
information in the report include Pennsylvania’s state merchandise export
totals, other Pennsylvania MSA rankings, top 10 export industries, and the balance
of trade. National data includes the top 15 U.S. exporting states-which
Pennsylvania ranks 10th-and the entire United States’ balance of
trade to further our comparison.
data included in this report is public information from the following
databases:
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