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    • In 2016, Arizona exported $22.0 billion of Made-in-America goods to the world, which supported an estimated 102 thousand jobs.

    Exports from Arizona and Jobs

    • Arizona was the 22nd largest state exporter of goods in 2017.

    • In 2017, Arizona goods exports were $20.9 billion, an increase of 9 percent ($1.7 billion) from its export level in 2007.

    • Goods exports accounted for 6.5 percent of Arizona GDP in 2017).

    • Arizona goods exports in 2016 (latest year available) supported an estimated 95 thousand jobs. Nationally, jobs supported by goods exports pay up to an estimated 18 percent above the national average.

    Made-in-America Manufacturing Exports from Arizona and Jobs

    • In 2017, Arizona exported $18.1 billion of manufactured products.

    • Arizona exports of manufactured products supported an estimated 81 thousand jobs in 2016.

    • The state's largest manufacturing export category is computer & electronic products, which accounted for $5.9 billion of Arizona's total goods exports in 2017.

    • Other top manufacturing exports are transportation equipment ($3.4 billion), electrical equipment, appliances & components ($1.9 billion), machinery, except electrical ($1.5 billion), and fabricated metal products, nesoi ($1.5 billion).

    Exports Sustain Thousands of Arizona Businesses many of which are SMEs

    • A total of 7,405 companies exported from Arizona locations in 2016 (latest year available). Of those, 6,462 (87 percent) were small and medium sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.

    •  Small and medium-sized firms generated 24.7 percent of Arizona's total exports of goods in 2015.

    Arizona Depends on World Markets

    • The state’s largest market was Mexico. Arizona exported $7.6 billion in goods to Mexico in 2017, representing 36 percent of the state’s total goods exports.

    • Mexico was followed by Canada ($2.2 billion), China ($1.2 billion), United Kingdom ($977 million), and Germany ($692 million).

    • Arizona’s exports (2017 Value) to major world areas included:

      • APEC $14.9billion

      • Asia $4.9 billion

      • European Union $3.5 billion

      • South/Central America and Caribbean $684 million

      • Sub-Saharan Africa  $186 million

    • 55 percent of Arizona’s exports ($11.4 billion) go to current FTA partners.  

    Agriculture in Arizona depends on Exports

    • Arizona is the country’s 27th largest agricultural exporting state, shipping $1.5 billion in domestic agricultural exports abroad in 2016 (latest data available according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture).1

    • Top Agricultural exports (2016 Value) were:

      • other plant products

        • 2016 State Value: $364 million

        • 2016 State Rank: 12

      • vegetables, processed

        • 2016 State Value: $311 million

        • 2016 State Rank: 3

      • cotton

        • 2016 State Value: $110 million

        • 2016 State Rank: 9

      • vegetables, fresh

        • 2016 State Value: $160 million

        • 2016 State Rank: 3

      • dairy products

        • 2016 State Value: $98 million

        • 2016 State Rank: 13

    International Investment Creates Jobs in Arizona

    • In 2015 (latest data available), foreign-controlled companies employed 103,400 Arizona workers. Major sources of foreign investment in Arizona included Canada, the United Kingdom and France. 

    • Foreign investment in Arizona was responsible for 4.6 percent of the state's total private-industry employment in 2015.

    Arizona’s Major Metropolitan Areas Benefit from Exporting

    • In 2016 (latest data available), the following metropolitan areas in Arizona recorded goods exports: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ($12.8 billion), Tuscon ($2.6 billion), Sierra Vista-Douglas ($267 millioin), Prescott ($87 million), Lake Havasu City-Kingman ($55 million). 

     

    [1] 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.