State exports dropped slightly

California exports declined slightly in June, according to a recent report.

The state’s international merchandise trade was estimate at $15.6 billion during the sixth month of the year, a .08 percent drop recorded in June 2024, Beacon Economics in Los Angeles reported.

During the same period, U.S. exports rose by 3.2 percent, to $179.8 billion, up from $174.3 billion, while California’s share of the nation’s merchandise export trade dropped to 8.7 percent, from nine percent, one year earlier.

During the first half of 2025, California’s merchandise export trade totaled $93.5 billion, up 5.1 percent from the first six months of 2025, according to Beacon.

“The June numbers reflect adjustments the global trading system has been making in answer to the “Liberation Day” tariffs President Trump imposed on April 2,” said Jock O’Connell, Beacon Economics’ international trade advisor, in the statement. “June data from California’s major seaports, and its international airports, indicate even steeper declines in the volume of exports shipped in June.”