That dollar amount results from a 12% increase from $6.37 billion four years earlier in 2021.
Year over year, the overall value of goods exported from New Hampshire fell by -6.3% compared to $7.62 billion for 2023.
New Hampshire ranks down as America’s 38th most lucrative exporters by state lagging front-runners including Texas, California, New York state, Louisiana and Illinois.
The value of New Hampshire’s exports equals 0.3% of United States’ overall exported products for 2024, down from 0.4% in 2023.
New Hampshire’s exported products represent 5.9% of the state’s total economic output or nominal Gross Domestic Product in 2024 ($121.2 billion).
Given New Hampshire’s population of 1.41 million people, its total $7.14 billion in 2024 exports translates to roughly $5,100 for every resident in the Granite State. That dollar metric lags the average $5,400 per capita in 2023.
New Hampshire’s unemployment rate was 3% at the end of August 2025, up from the 2.6% jobless rate one year earlier per YCharts.
New Hampshire’s Top 10 Exports
The following export products represent the highest dollar value in New Hampshire global shipments during 2024. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from New Hampshire.
Figures are shown at the more granular six-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, for more precise product identification.
- Civilian aircraft, engines, other aircraft parts: US$1.6 billion (22.8% of total New Hampshirite exports)
- Mixed immunological products (not in dosage): $325.1 million (4.6%)
- Parts for furnaces, ovens, heating equipment: $196.1 million (2.7%)
- Machine tool parts, accessories: $192 million (2.7%)
- Small portable computers: $158.5 million (2.2%)
- Office machine parts, accessories: $152.9 million (2.1%)
- Computer storage units: $143.6 million (2%)
- Items made from plastic: $123.9 million (1.7%)
- Turbo-jet or turbo-propeller parts: $109.9 million (1.5%)
- Gears, gear boxes, ball or roller screws: $109.5 million (1.5%)
New Hampshire’s top 10 exports generated 44% of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.
Computer storage units represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 88.2% from 2023 to 2024.
In second place for improving export sales were turbo-jet or turbo-propeller parts which rose 45.2%.
New Hampshire’s shipments of gears, gear boxes, related ball or roller screws posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 29.2% ahead of machine tool parts or accessories (up 26%).
The severest year-over-year decline among New Hampshire’s top 10 export products was recorded for mixed immunological products not in dosage, dragged down by a -43.6% reduction from 2023.
New Hampshirite exports of small portable computers slipped by -14.6% from 2023, while exported parts for furnaces, ovens and heating equipment slowed -5.6%.
More Key Facts about New Hampshire’s International Trade
New Hampshire incurred an overall -US$3.1 billion deficit exporting and importing products during 2024. That dollar amount reflects a 54.3% acceleration from -$2 billion in red ink in 2023.
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 New Hampshire’s top 10 import products highlighting the state’s highest spending on foreign-made goods in 2024.
- Turbo-jet or turbo-propeller parts: US$3.2 billion (31.5% of total New Hampshirite imports)
- Refined petroleum oils (not crude): $402.9 million (3.9%)
- Gears, gear boxes, ball or roller screws: $238.8 million (2.3%)
- Footwear (leather upper, rubber sole): $220.4 million (2.2%)
- Plastic plates, sheets, foil, film, strips: $195.6 million (1.9%)
- Modems, similar reception/conversion/transmission devices: $175.2 million (1.7%)
- Footwear covering ankle (rubber/plastic/ leather outer soles): $155.1 million (1.5%)
- Optical devices, instruments: $109.6 million (1.1%)
- Transmission shafts: $77.6 million (0.8%)
- Petroleum bitumen: $75.3 million (0.7%)
New Hampshire has highly negative net exports in the international trade of turbo-jet or turbo-propeller parts, as well as petroleum-related goods. In turn, these cashflows indicate New Hampshire’s competitive disadvantages under those product categories.
New Hampshire’s Major Trade Partners
The following list shows the top 10 customers that purchased well over two-thirds (70.8%) worth of the total value of products exported from New Hampshire during 2024.
- Germany: US$1.4 billion (19.1% of total New Hampshirite exports)
- Canada: $1.2 billion (16.4%)
- Mexico: $615 million (8.6%)
- Japan: $386.6 million (5.4%)
- mainland China: $368.9 million (5.2%)
- Netherlands: $292.7 million (4.1%)
- United Arab Emirates: $246.8 million (3.5%)
- Italy: $237.5 million (3.3%)
- Israel: $185.6 million (2.6%)
- United Kingdom: $184.4 million (2.6%)
New Hampshire’s top trade partners in North America (Canada and Mexico) bought 25.1% of the state’s overall export sales.
That percentage lags the 29.1% share for major purchasers from Europe (Germany, Netherlands, Italy and the United Kingdom).
New Hampshirite Export Companies
Two New Hampshire-based corporations rank among Fortune 1000 Companies, a list that showcases America’s largest businesses. These are listed below.
- PC Connection (computer hardware, software, services)
- Sprague Resources LP (petroleum, natural gas)
Shown within brackets for each company is a summary of the international trade-related products or services which each business sells.
New Hampshire’s capital is Concord, a city named to reflect the “concord” (harmonious agreement) in 1765 resolving a bitter dispute over land boundaries.
See also Indiana’s Top 10 Exports, Nebraska’s Top 10 Exports, Wisconsin’s Top 10 Exports, Delaware’s Top 10 Exports and Vermont’s Top 10 Exports
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