RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Bureau of Economic Analysis data shows North Carolina exports are not as robust as last year.

For the first three quarters, exports are off  by 2.5 percent over the same period in 2014.

As of September, exports sit at $22.646 billion. A year ago they sat at $23.227 billion.

The full report can be found at http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2015/pdf/trad0915.pdf