Nicknamed “The Copper State” and “The Grand Canyon State” located in America’s southwestern region, Arizona shipped US$44.4 billion worth of exported products around the globe in 2025.

That dollar amount reflects a 63.5% acceleration from $27.2 billion four years earlier in 2022.

Year over year, the overall value of goods exported from Arizona spiked by 37.1% compared to $32.4 billion for 2024.

Arizona ranks 14th among America’s most lucrative exporters by state behind front-runners including Texas, California, New York state, Louisiana, Illinois and Florida.

The value of Arizona’s exports equals 2% of the United States’ overall exported products for 2025, up from 1.6% one year prior.

Arizona’s exported products represent 7.4% of the state’s total economic output or nominal Gross Domestic Product in 2025 ($598.2 billion).

Given Arizona’s population of 7.6 million people, its total US$44.4 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $5,850 for every resident in the Grand Canyon State. That dollar metric exceeds the average $4,300 per capita one year earlier in 2024.

Arizona’s unemployment rate was 4.6% in February 2026, up from 4.2% one year earlier per YCharts data.

Arizona’s Top 10 Exports

The following export products represent the highest dollar value in Arizona global shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Arizona.

Figures are shown at the more granular six-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, for more precise product identification.

1. Civilian aircraft , engines or other aircraft parts: US$4.6 billion (10.3% of total Arizonan exports)
2. Digital processing units (miscellaneous components): $4.4 billion (9.9%)
3. Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $3.1 billion (6.9%)
4. Copper ores, concentrates: $2.1 billion (4.8%)
5. Computer processing units (miscellaneous components): $2 billion (4.6%)
6. Computer parts, accessories: $1.7 billion (3.9%)
7. Medical, dental or veterinarian instruments: $1.25 billion (2.8%)
8. Miscellaneous electronic integrated circuits: $1.2 billion (2.7%)
9. Miscellaneous semi-conductor devices: $1 billion (2.3%)
10. Solid-state semi-conductor storage devices: $915.2 million (2.1%)

Arizona’s top 10 exports generated half (50.3%) of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Miscellaneous components for digital processing units represent the strongest grower among Arizona’s top 10 export categories via 420.7% growth from 2024 to 2025.

Strong growth was also posted by Arizona’s exports of computer processing units miscellaneous components (up 365.5% from 2024).

In third place were Arizonan exports of miscellaneous semi-conductor devices (up 237.5%) ahead of computer parts or accessories (up 174.9%).

The lone year-over-year decliner was for Arizona’s exports of civilian aircraft full or aircraft parts or engines (down -3.9% from 2024).

More Key Facts about Arizona’s International Trade

Arizona posted an overall -US$13 billion deficit from exporting and importing products during 2025. That dollar amount reflects a 32.3% expansion from -$9.8 billion in red ink for 2024.

Arizonan imports totaled $57.4 billion for 2025, up by 36% from the prior year.

Another way of saying surplus or deficit is positive or negative net exports. In a nutshell, the term “net exports” quantifies the amount by which foreign spending on a state’s goods or services exceeds or lags that same state’s spending on foreign goods or services.

Below are Arizona’s top 10 import products highlighting the state’s highest spending on foreign-made goods in 2025.

1. Digital processing units (miscellaneous components): US$14.4 billion (25.1% of total Arizonan imports)
2. Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $2.43 billion (4.2%)
3. Computer parts, accessories: $2.35 billion (4.1%)
4. Computer processing units (miscellaneous components): $1.6 billion (2.9%)
5. Solid-state semi-conductor storage devices: $1.5 billion (2.6%)
6. Semi-conductor making machinery: $1.3 billion (2.4%)
7. Medical, dental or veterinarian instruments: $1 billion (1.8%)
8. Static converters, power supplies: $711 million (1.2%)
9. Tomatoes (fresh/chilled): $677.9 million (1.2%)
10. Miscellaneous computer storage devices: $643.6 million (1.1%)

Historically, Arizona has negative net exports in the international trade from digital processing units to machinery for making semi-conductors to tomatoes. In turn, these cashflows indicate Arizona’s competitive disadvantages under related product categories.

Arizona’s Major Trade Partners

The following list shows the top 10 customers that purchased nearly three-quarters (73.2%) worth of the total value of products exported from Arizona during 2025.

1. Mexico: US$14.6 billion (32.8% of total Arizonan exports)
2. Taiwan: $4.5 billion (10.2%)
3. Canada: $2.8 billion (6.3%)
4. Netherlands: $2.4 billion (5.3%)
5. Germany: $1.59 billion (3.6%)
6. mainland China: $1.56 billion (3.5%)
7. United Kingdom: $1.49 billion (3.3%)
8. Japan: $1.4 billion (3.2%)
9. Singapore: $1.14 billion (2.6%)
10. Malaysia: $1.06 billion (2.4%)

Arizona’s top trade partners in North America (Mexico and Canada) purchased 39% of the overall value of goods exported from the Copper State.

In second place were leading importers in Asia (Taiwan, mainland China, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia). That cohort accounted for 21.9% of Arizona’s export sales in 2025.

Top importers in Europe (Netherlands, Germany and the UK) bought another 12.3% of Arizonan export sales.

Arizonan Export Companies

Seventeen of Arizona-based corporations rank among Fortune 1000 Companies, a list that showcases America’s largest businesses. Selected examples are listed below.

• Amkor Technology (semiconductor packaging, testing)
• Avnet (electronic components)
• First Solar (solar panels, power plants)
• Freeport-McMoRan (copper, gold, petroleum)
• Insight Enterprises (global technologies)
• Microchip Technology (semiconductors)
• ON Semiconductor (semiconductors, custom devices)
• Swift Transportation (truckload shipping carrier)

Shown within brackets for each company is a summary of the international trade-related products or services which each business sells.
 

Arizona’s capital is Phoenix, a city nicknamed “Valley of the Sun” or simply “The Valley”.

See also Nevada’s Top 10 Exports, Idaho’s Top 10 Exports, Kentucky’s Top 10 Exports, Iowa’s Top 10 Exports and Maryland’s Top 10 Exports

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