South Carolina Export Sales Total $38 Billion In 2024

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Governor Henry McMaster, the South Carolina Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce) and South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) recently announced that the state’s 2024 export sales totaled $38 billion, the highest volume since 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The automotive industry led South Carolina’s exported goods, with sales more than double that of the next largest industry type (aircraft and aerospace components). The state is the nation’s top exporter of both completed passenger vehicles and tires and is also number two in the export of ball/roller bearings. 

South Carolina’s top five exported commodities in 2024, by percentage share, were:

1.   Completed passenger vehicles

2.   Aircraft and parts

3.   Machinery and parts (turbojets, turbopropellers, gas turbines, ball and roller bearings, appliances for boilers and pumps)

4.  Plastics

5.  Rubber (tires)