Nicknamed “The Constitution State” and “The Nutmeg State” located in America’s northeastern New England region, Connecticut shipped US$17.8 billion worth of products around the world in 2025.

That dollar amount reflects a 15.9% increase from $15.4 billion four years earlier in 2022.

Year over year, the overall value of goods exported from Connecticut rose by 2% compared to $17.5 billion for 2024.

Connecticut ranks as America’s 28th most lucrative exporters by state behind front-runners including Texas, California, New York state, Louisiana, Illinois and Florida.

The value of Connecticut’s exports equals 0.8% of the United States’ overall exported products for 2025, same as for 2024.

Connecticut’s exported products represent 4.7% of the state’s total economic output or nominal Gross Domestic Product in 2025 ($376.5 billion).

Given Connecticut’s population of 3.7 million people, its total US$17.8 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $4,800 for every resident in the Constitution State. That dollar metric represents an increase from the average $4,750 per capita for 2024.

Connecticut’s unemployment rate was 5.2% at the end of July 2026, up from the state’s average 3.9% jobless rate one year earlier per YCharts.

Connecticut’s Top 10 Exports

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

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

1. Civilian aircraft, full engines or other parts: US$5 billion (28.1% of Connecticut’s total exports)
2. Parts for semi-conductor manufacturing machines: $988 million (5.5%)
3. Electrical energy: $285.4 million (1.6%)
4. Parts for airplanes, helicopters: $241.9 million (1.4%)
5. Air or gas pumps, compressors, fans: $223.5 million (1.3%)
6. Electric apparatus controls: $207.8 million (1.2%)
7. Pipe taps, controls: $201.5 million (1.1%)
8. Turbo-jet parts: $189 million (1.1%)
9. High-thrust turbojets: $137.4 million (0.8%)
10. Disodium carbonate: $131.2 million (0.7%)

Connecticut’s top 10 exports totaled 42.7% of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

Electrical energy represents the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 140.2% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for improving exports sold by Connecticut were air or gas pumps, compressors and fans which appreciated 59.4%.

Connecticut’s shipments of disodium carbonate–also known as soda ash, washing soda or soda crystals–(up 19.5%) posted the third-fastest gain in value, ahead of exported pipe taps and controls (up 11.3%) and parts for semi-conductor manufacturing machines (up 10.2%).

The severest decline among the listed commodities was the -24.7% year-over-year drop for exports of high-thrust turbojets.

More Key Facts about Connecticut’s International Trade

Connecticut incurred a -US$5.42 billion deficit exporting and importing products during 2025. That dollar amount reflects a -10.1% trim from -$6 billion in red ink for 2024.

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.

All told, products imported into Connecticut during 2025 were worth a total US$24 billion.

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

1. Unwrought silver: US$3 billion (12.4% of Connecticut’s total imports)
2. Large aircraft: $2.3 billion (9.4%)
3. Light petroleum oils not biodiesel: $1.3 billion (5.3%)
4. Unwrought gold: $1.2 billion (5%)
5. Medium-size aircraft: $915 million (3.8%)
6. Refined petroleum oils not biodiesel: $625.2 million (2.6%)
7. Turbo-jet or turbo-propeller parts: $328.3 million (1.4%)
8. Electric motor or generator parts: $326.9 million (1.4%)
9. Medicines in measured doses for retail: $275.4 million (1.1%)
10. Miscellaneous fans: $242 million (1%)

Connecticut has highly negative net exports in the international trade of petroleum oils and unrefined silver. In turn, these cashflows indicate Connecticut’s competitive disadvantages under those product categories.

Connecticut’s Major Trade Partners

The following list shows the top 10 customers that purchased over two-thirds (67.7%) worth of the total value of products exported from Connecticut during 2025.

1. Canada: US$2.2 billion (12.4% of Connecticut’s total exports)
2. Germany: $2 billion (11%)
3. France: $1.5 billion (8.2%)
4. Netherlands: $1.4 billion (8%)
5. Mexico: $1.2 billion (6.8%)
6. United Kingdom: $1.1 billion (6.3%)
7. mainland China: $930.7 million (5.2%)
8. Singapore: $673.1 million (3.8%)
9. Brazil: $568.5 million (3.2%)
10. Japan: $517.7 million (2.9%)

Connecticut’s top trade partners in Europe (Germany, France, Netherlands and the United Kingdom) bought 33.4% of the overall value of exported goods from the Constitution State.

In contrast, 19.1% of Connecticut’s exported goods went to North American customers in Canada and Mexico.

Another 11.9% worth was delivered to major customer in Asia (mainland China, Singapore and Japan).

Connecticuter Export Companies

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

• Amphenol Corp (electronics, fiber optic goods, cables)
• Cenveo (print-related products)
• Crane Co. (industrial products, vending machines)
• Harman International Industries (industrial/technical items)
• Hubbell Inc. (electrical products, electronics, lighting)
• Pitney Bowes (postage machinery, global technologies)
• Praxair (industrial gases)
• Silgan Holdings (consumer goods packaging)
• Terex Corp (cranes, work platforms)
• XPO Logistics (freight brokerage, transportation, e-fulfillment services)

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

Connecticut’s capital is Hartford, a city nicknamed “The Insurance Capital of the World” and “New England’s Rising Star”.

See also Wyoming’s Top 10 Exports, South Dakota’s Top 10 Exports, West Virginia’s Top 10 Exports, Colorado’s Top 10 Exports and New Hampshire’s Top 10 Exports

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