Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Exports and Foreign Investment

In 2025, Pennsylvania exported $52.2 billion of goods to the world. In 2023, exports from Pennsylvania supported an estimated 159 thousand jobs (latest data available).

Exports from Pennsylvania and Jobs

• Pennsylvania was the 12th largest state exporter of goods in 2025.
• In 2025, Pennsylvania goods exports were $52.2 billion, an increase of 32 percent ($13 billion) from its export level in 2015.
• Pennsylvania goods exports in 2023 supported an estimated 159 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 Pennsylvania and Jobs

• In 2025, Pennsylvania exported $45.6 billion of manufactured products.
• Pennsylvania exports of manufactured products supported an estimated 142 thousand jobs in 2023 (latest data available).
• The state's largest manufacturing export category was chemicals, which accounted for $13.3 billion of Pennsylvania total goods exports in 2025.
• Other top manufacturing exports were computer & electronic products ($6.0 billion), primary metal manufacturing ($4.6 billion), machinery, except electrical ($4.5 billion), and transportation equipment ($3.9 billion).

Exports Sustain Thousands of Pennsylvania Businesses many of which are SMEs

• A total of 15,168 companies exported from Pennsylvania locations in 2023 (latest data available). Of those, 13,338 (88 percent) were small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.
• Small and medium-sized firms generated 30.5 percent of Pennsylvania total exports of goods in 2023.

Pennsylvania's Largest Export Markets

• The state’s largest export market was Canada. Pennsylvania exported $13.9 billion in goods to Canada in 2025, representing 27 percent of the state’s total goods exports.
• Canada was followed by Mexico ($4.9 billion), China ($2.7 billion), the Netherlands ($2.5 billion), and Germany ($2.3 billion).
• Pennsylvania goods exports to major world areas included:

• 45 percent of Pennsylvania goods exports ($23.7 billion) in 2025 went to current FTA partners.

Pennsylvania's Top Agricultural Exports

• Pennsylvania was the country’s 24th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $2.3 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	$737 million	7
dairy products	$368 million	8
other livestock products	$152 million	7
soybeans	$151 million	19
other poultry products	$150 million	4

International Investment Creates Jobs in Pennsylvania

• In 2023 (latest data available), foreign-controlled companies employed an estimated 341 thousand Pennsylvania workers. Major sources of foreign investment in Pennsylvania included the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Pennsylvania’s Major Metropolitan Areas Benefit from Exporting

• In 2024 (latest data available), the following metropolitan areas in Pennsylvania recorded goods exports: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ($29.1 billion), Pittsburgh ($10.5 billion), Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ($5.2 billion), Harrisburg-Carlisle ($3.4 billion), Reading ($2.6 billion), York-Hanover ($2.2 billion), Scranton--Wilkes-Barre ($1.5 billion), Erie ($1.4 billion), Lancaster ($959.4 million), Chambersburg ($942.1 million), State College ($376.7 million), Williamsport ($361.3 million), Lebanon ($313.8 million), Altoona ($224.9 million), Johnstown ($116.1 million), and Gettysburg ($90.7 million).