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St. John the Baptist Parish ranked 39th among counties in highest exporting metros

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St. John the Baptist Parish ranked 39th in trade with $7.62 billion in exports in 2019, according to the International Trade Administration (ITA).

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 St. John the Baptist Parish in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area, which includes counties from Louisiana.

The following is the ranking of the top exporting counties in the largest trade metros across the U.S.

RankCountyMetro Area2019 Exports
1Harris CountyHouston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX$106,177,875,481
2Los Angeles CountyLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$44,836,516,281
3New York CountyNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$37,074,702,137
4El Paso CountyEl Paso, TX$32,749,492,904
5Miami-Dade CountyMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$24,199,292,298
6Cook CountyChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI$21,221,229,619
7Dallas CountyDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$21,185,383,758
8Santa Clara CountySan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$20,787,795,146
9Jefferson CountyBeaumont-Port Arthur, TX$20,754,360,540
10Snohomish CountySeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$20,069,299,576
11San Diego CountySan Diego-Carlsbad, CA$19,774,080,393
12King CountySeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$18,899,500,866
13Alameda CountySan Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA$18,669,563,999
14Wayne CountyDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$18,482,844,101
15Nueces CountyCorpus Christi, TX$16,337,342,286
16Orange CountyLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$16,204,582,244
17Fulton CountyAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$15,542,756,252
18Kenton CountyCincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN$15,130,331,392
19Maricopa CountyPhoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ$14,913,318,301
20Oakland CountyDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$14,530,388,367
21Salt Lake CountySalt Lake City, UT$13,221,766,849
22Greenville CountyGreenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC$12,964,308,714
23Washington CountyPortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$12,910,531,678
24Travis CountyAustin-Round Rock, TX$11,349,927,932
25Bexar CountySan Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$10,966,823,146

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