Pontiac Firebird

Based on United States Census Bureau’s foreign trade statistics, exported cars from all American states were worth US$53.5 billion in 2025.

That dollar amount represents a -10.1% decrease from $59.5 billion four years earlier in 2022 and an -11.5% year-over-year drop compared to $60.4 billion for 2024.

In comparison, the United States of America spent $181.1 billion on imported cars during 2025 up by 9% from $166.1 billion for 2022 but deflating by -16.6% from $217 billion in 2024.

Consequently America’s trade deficit buying and selling cars on international markets deflated by -18.5% from -$156.6 billion to -$127.6 billion in red ink for 2025.

Below are the 25 American states that sold $52.5 billion worth of exported cars in 2025, or 98.2% of the overall US total.

The 3 leading car exporters, South Carolina, Alabama and Texas, generated 42.1% of total cars exported from the US. That percentage is less concentrated than the 45% for the leading trio one year earlier.

Year over year, the fastest-growers among the listed car exporting states were Massachusetts (up 83.5% from 2024), Wisconsin (up 79.5%), Pennsylvania (up 53.4%), Georgia (up 37.8%), New Jersey (up 44.9%) and Missouri (up 36.3%).

Leading the declining car exporters were Illinois (down -37.8% from 2024), Tennessee (down -35.8%), New York state (down -26%), Ohio (down -25.3%) and Alabama (down -24%).

The leading 25 American states that spent the most on imported cars accounted for $180.6 billion or 99.7% of all cars imported by the US in 2025.

The top 3 importers of cars from foreign suppliers were Michigan, California and Texas. That trio bought just over half (50.7%) of America’s car imports.

Among the listed US states, increases in spending on cars imported from international markets originated from: Virginia (up 165.8% from 2024), Oregon (up 45.4%), South Carolina (up 40.1%), Kansas (up 30.6%), Hawaii (up 14.6%) and Ohio (up 0.8%).

The severest decliners were car importers located in New York state (down -58.5% from 2024), Wisconsin (down -58.2%), Tennessee (down -31.5%), Minnesota (down -27%), Texas (also down -27%) and Puerto Rico (down -26%).