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El Paso metro lag behind New Orleans-Metairie in 2019

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The El Paso metro area exported $32.7 billion in 2019, less than exports from New Orleans-Metairie in 2019, according to the International Trade Administration.

A study from the Brookings Institute found competition between areas within the United States increases exports, which in turn generates stronger sales and more jobs for American workers.

The El Paso metro area consists of two counties.

The New Orleans-Metairie metro area comprises eight counties exporting $34.1 billion in 2019.

The metro area with the most exports was Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land with $129.7 billion exported.

The following table shows the value of total exports for other metros with export totals similar to El Paso.

Metro AreaTotal exported (in billions)Difference from Some-Other-Metro (in billions)
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$39.45$6.7
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$35.5$2.75
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$34.11$1.36
El Paso, TX$32.75--
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN$28.75-$4
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA$28-$4.75
Corpus Christi, TX$26.81-$5.94

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