Oregon Exports and Foreign Investment
In 2025, Oregon exported $28.0 billion of goods to the world. In 2023, exports from Oregon supported an estimated 84 thousand jobs (latest data available).
Exports from Oregon and Jobs
- Oregon was the 20th largest state exporter of goods in 2025.
- In 2025, Oregon goods exports were $28.0 billion, an increase of 40 percent ($7.9 billion) from its export level in 2015.
- Oregon 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 Oregon and Jobs
- In 2025, Oregon exported $25.6 billion of manufactured products.
- Oregon exports of manufactured products supported an estimated 81 thousand jobs in 2023 (latest data available).
- The state's largest manufacturing export category was computer & electronic products, which accounted for $11.4 billion of Oregon total goods exports in 2025.
- Other top manufacturing exports were transportation equipment ($4.1 billion), machinery, except electrical ($3.3 billion), chemicals ($2.6 billion), and electrical equipment, appliances & components ($582 million).
Exports Sustain Thousands of Oregon Businesses many of which are SMEs
- A total of 5,475 companies exported from Oregon locations in 2023 (latest data available). Of those, 4,763 (87 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.
- Small and medium-sized firms generated 18.4 percent of Oregon total exports of goods in 2023.
Oregon's Largest Export Markets
- The state’s largest export market was China. Oregon exported $5.4 billion in goods to China in 2025, representing 19 percent of the state’s total goods exports.
- China was followed by Mexico ($4.5 billion), Malaysia ($3.5 billion), Canada ($2.3 billion), and Japan ($1.3 billion).
- Oregon goods exports to major world areas included:
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|
2025 Value |
|
APEC |
$22.3 billion |
|
Asia |
$16.5 billion |
|
European Union |
$3.0 billion |
|
South/Central America and Caribbean |
$696 million |
|
Sub-Saharan Africa |
$83 million |
- 34 percent of Oregon goods exports ($9.4 billion) in 2025 went to current FTA partners.
Oregon's Top Agricultural Exports
- Oregon was the country’s 22nd largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $2.5 billion in domestic agricultural exports abroad in 2024 (latest data available according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture). 1
- Top agricultural exports were:
|
|
2024 Value |
2024 State Rank |
|
other plant products |
$1.3 billion |
3 |
|
tree nuts |
$170 million |
4 |
|
wheat |
$167 million |
12 |
|
vegetables, processed |
$148 million |
8 |
|
beef and veal |
$138 million |
19 |
International Investment Creates Jobs in Oregon
- In 2023 (latest data available), foreign-controlled companies employed an estimated 75 thousand Oregon workers. Major sources of foreign investment in Oregon included Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
Oregon’s Major Metropolitan Areas Benefit from Exporting
- In 2024 (latest data available), the following metropolitan areas in Oregon recorded goods exports: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro ($33.8 billion), Albany ($734.7 million), Eugene-Springfield ($561.8 million), Salem ($390.5 million), Bend ($239.2 million), Corvallis ($227.3 million), Medford ($173 million), and Grants Pass ($34.2 million)
Estimates of state exports of agricultural products by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and goods exports by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce are based on different methodologies and are not directly comparable.
