Agricultural goods are the main export of the US.
The U.S. encourages domestic companies to export because
Oil fuels - the number one export for the US in 2011, by value, was gasoline and diesel fuel.
I'm not really sure around this but i think we export some of our major beer brands like Carlsberg and Tuborg to the US.
flamingos and elephnts
Cotton
china uses their cotton yarndomestically
cotton plants, bamboo,papyrus,soybea,hemp and jute
They could no export their cotton because of the US Naval blockade
The plant which is known as jute plant is named after the product it gives us which is jute
The cotton gin helped us by making it easier for slaves to produce cotton.
Citrus, Pineapples, fruit and vegetables, cotton, tobacco, rice, corn,
Jute is made from plant fibre not animals
we get profit by export in many ways.
Cotton represented a majority of American export to china and the rest of the world. For such a valuable resource many people were caught in a crossfire of financial greed. Just as silk proved the most valuable to china, cotton proved the most valuable to America.
It has been grown for over 300 years in the US. Mostly because its used for clothing and that means less stuff we need to import and more we can export.
The number 1 US export is currency - the US dollar.