Florida

Florida Exports and Foreign Investment

In 2025, Florida exported a record $78.9 billion of goods to the world. In 2023, exports from Florida supported an estimated 208 thousand jobs (latest data available).

Exports from Florida and Jobs

• Florida was the 6th largest state exporter of goods in 2025.
• In 2025, Florida goods exports were $78.9 billion, an increase of 46 percent ($25 billion) from its export level in 2015.
• Florida goods exports in 2023 supported an estimated 208 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 Florida and Jobs

• In 2025, Florida exported $72.2 billion of manufactured products.
• Florida exports of manufactured products supported an estimated 197 thousand jobs in 2023 (latest data available).
• The state's largest manufacturing export category was transportation equipment, which accounted for $17.5 billion of Florida total goods exports in 2025.
• Other top manufacturing exports were computer & electronic products ($15.9 billion), chemicals ($10.2 billion), machinery, except electrical ($7.1 billion), and food & kindred products ($4.2 billion).

Exports Sustain Thousands of Florida Businesses many of which are SMEs

• A total of 55,073 companies exported from Florida locations in 2023 (latest data available). Of those, 52,004 (94 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.
• Small and medium-sized firms generated 56.3 percent of Florida total exports of goods in 2023.

Florida's Largest Export Markets

• The state’s largest export market was Brazil. Florida exported $6.0 billion in goods to Brazil in 2025, representing 8 percent of the state’s total goods exports.
• Brazil was followed by Mexico ($5.4 billion), Canada ($5.4 billion), Germany ($5.3 billion), and Colombia ($2.7 billion).
• Florida goods exports to major world areas included:

• 37 percent of Florida goods exports ($29.5 billion) in 2025 went to current FTA partners.

Florida's Top Agricultural Exports

• Florida was the country’s 18th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $3.6 billion in domestic agricultural exports abroad in 2024 (latest data available according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture).1
• Top agricultural exports were:

	2024 Value	2024 State Rank
other plant products	$2.2 billion	2
vegetables, processed	$290 million	5
fruits, fresh	$236 million	3
fruits, processed	$191 million	3
other livestock products	$177 million	5

Florida Seafood is a Key Export for the State

• Florida was the country’s third largest seafood exporting state, shipping more than $407 million in domestic seafood exports abroad in 2025.

International Investment Creates Jobs in Florida

• In 2023 (latest data available), foreign-controlled companies employed an estimated 455 thousand Florida workers. Major sources of foreign investment in Florida included the United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany.

Florida’s Major Metropolitan Areas Benefit from Exporting

• In 2024 (latest data available), the following metropolitan areas in Florida recorded goods exports: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach ($46.9 billion), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ($8.5 billion), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford ($4.6 billion), Jacksonville ($2.8 billion), Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ($1.8 billion), Lakeland-Winter Haven ($1.4 billion), North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota ($1.2 billion), Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ($1 billion), Cape Coral-Fort Myers ($950.4 million), Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ($479 million), Port St. Lucie ($402.4 million), Tallahassee ($320 million), Naples-Marco Island ($280.5 million), Gainesville ($250.6 million), Panama City-Panama City Beach ($222.4 million), Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor ($173.7 million), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin ($121 million), Ocala ($102 million), Wildwood-The Villages ($78.2 million), Punta Gorda ($30.3 million), Homosassa Springs ($20.4 million), and Sebring ($19.9 million).