Arizona

Arizona Exports and Foreign Investment

• In 2025, Arizona exported a record $44.6 billion of goods to the world. In 2023, exports from Arizona supported an estimated 84 thousand jobs (latest data available).

Exports from Arizona and Jobs

• Arizona was the 14th largest state exporter of goods in 2025.
• In 2025, Arizona goods exports were $44.6 billion, an increase of 97 percent ($22 billion) from its export level in 2015.
• Goods exports accounted for 7.5 percent of Arizona GDP in 2025.
• Arizona goods exports in 2023 supported an estimated 84 thousand jobs (latest data available). Nationally, jobs supported by goods exports pay up to an estimated 18 percent above the national average.

Manufacturing Exports from Arizona and Jobs

• In 2025, Arizona exported $39.5 billion of manufactured products.
• Arizona exports of manufactured products supported an estimated 73 thousand jobs in 2023 (latest data available).
• The state's largest manufacturing export category was computer & electronic products, which accounted for $19.6 billion of Arizona total goods exports in 2025.
• Other top manufacturing exports are transportation equipment ($6.7 billion), machinery, except electrical ($2.8 billion), other fabricated metal products ($2.2 billion), and electrical equipment, appliances & components ($2.2 billion).

Exports Sustain Thousands of Arizona Businesses Many of Which are SMEs

• A total of 7,214 companies exported from Arizona locations in 2024 (latest data available). Of those, 6,225 (86 percent) were small and medium sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.
• Small and medium-sized firms generated 24.0 percent of Arizona's total exports of goods in 2024.

Arizona's Largest Export Markets

• The state’s largest market was Mexico. Arizona exported $14.6 billion in goods to Mexico in 2025, representing 33 percent of the state’s total goods exports..
• Mexico was followed by Taiwan ($4.5 billion), Canada ($3.0 billion), Netherlands ($2.4 billion), and Germany ($1.6 billion).
• Arizona goods exports to major world areas included:

• 47 percent of Arizona’s goods exports ($21.2 billion) in 2025 went to current FTA partners.

Arizona's Top Agricultural Exports

• Arizona was the country’s 31st largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $1.5 billion in domestic agricultural exports abroad in 2024 (latest data available according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture).^[1]
• Top agricultural exports were:

Product	2024 Value	2024 State Rank
other plant products	$314 million	22
vegetables, processed	$295 million	4
dairy products	$172 million	16
vegetables, fresh	$151 million	4
beef and veal	$140 million	17

International Investment Creates Jobs in Arizona

• In 2024 (latest data available), foreign-controlled companies employed 145,100 Arizona workers. Major sources of foreign investment in Arizona included Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
• Foreign investment in Arizona was responsible for 4.7 percent of the state's total private-industry employment in 2024.

Arizona’s Major Metropolitan Areas Benefit from Exporting

• In 2024 (latest data available), the following metropolitan areas in Arizona recorded goods exports: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler ($22.1 billion), Yuma ($772.3 million), Sierra Vista-Douglas ($254.4 million), Prescott Valley-Prescott ($250.6 million), and Lake Havasu City-Kingman ($50.9 million).