Hawaii

Hawaii Exports and Foreign Investment

In 2025, Hawaii exported $395 million of goods to the world. In 2023, exports from Hawaii supported an estimated 2 thousand jobs (latest data available).

Exports from Hawaii and Jobs

Hawaii was the 50th largest state exporter of goods in 2025.

In 2025, Hawaii goods exports were $395 million, a decrease of 79 percent ($1.5 billion) from its export level in 2015.

Hawaii goods exports in 2023 supported an estimated 2,000 jobs (latest data available). Nationally, jobs supported by goods exports pay up to an estimated 18 percent above the national average.

Manufacturing Exports from Hawaii and Jobs

• In 2025, Hawaii exported $267 million of manufactured products.
• Hawaii exports of manufactured products supported an estimated 1,000jobs in 2023 (latest data available).
• The state's largest manufacturing export category is transportation equipment, which accounted for $126 million of Hawaii total goods exports in 2025.
• Other top manufacturing exports are petroleum & coal products ($31 million), machinery, except electrical ($22 million), computer & electronic products ($17 million), and food & kindred products ($14 million).

Exports Sustain Thousands of Hawaii Businesses many of which are SMEs

• A total of 663 companies exported from Hawaii locations in 2023 (latest data available). Of those, 573 (86 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.

Hawaii's Largest Export Markets

• The state’s largest export market was Australia. Hawaii exported $102 million in goods to Australia in 2025, representing 26 percent of the state’s total goods exports.
• Australia was followed by Japan ($61 million), South Korea ($26 million), Germany ($25 million), and Bangladesh ($21 million).
• Hawaii goods exports to major world areas included:

• 38 percent of Hawaii goods exports ($151 million) in 2025 went to current FTA partners.

Hawaii's Top Agricultural Exports

• Hawaii is the country’s 40th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $344 million 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	$240 million	27
tree nuts	$44 million	6
other livestock products	$42 million	33
beef and veal	$9 million	42
other poultry products	$4 million	45

International Investment Creates Jobs in Hawaii

• In 2023 (latest data available), foreign-controlled companies employed an estimated 37 thousand workers in Hawaii. Major sources of foreign investment in Hawaii included Japan, the United Kingdom, and France.

Hawaii’s Major Metropolitan Areas Benefit from Exporting

• In 2024 (latest data available), the following metropolitan areas in Hawaii recorded goods exports: Urban Honolulu ($372.4 million) and Kahului-Wailuku ($6.5 million).