Nicknamed “The Empire State” and located in the northeastern United States, New York state shipped US$153.1 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2025.

That dollar amount reflects a 40.2% increase over the 4-year period starting with $109.2 billion for 2022.

Year over year, the overall value of exports from New York accelerated by 62.8% compared to $94 billion during 2024.

In 2025, New York was America’s third-biggest exporter by state behind Texas and California but ahead of Louisiana, Illinois and Florida.

The value of New York’s exports equals 7% of the United States’ overall exported products for 2025 ($2.178 trillion), up from 4.8% for 2024.

New York’s exported products represent an estimated 6.7% of the state’s total economic output or nominal Gross Domestic Product in 2024 ($2.297 trillion). Note that the state’s GDP for 2025 was unavailable on article publication date.

Given New York’s population of 19.9 million people, its total US$153.1 billion in 2025 exported products translates to roughly $7,700 for every resident in The Empire State. That dollar metric surpasses the average $4,600 per capita one year earlier during 2024.

New York’s unemployment rate was 4.6% at December 31, 2025, up from the 4.4% jobless rate one year earlier per YCharts.

New York’s Top 10 Exports

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

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

1. Gold (unwrought): US$49.9 billion (32.6% of total New Yorker exports)
2. Jewelry made with precious metals: $17.3 billion (11.3%)
3. Gold (semi-manufactured): $8.1 billion (5.3%)
4. Jewelry made with miscellaneous precious metals: $7.5 billion (4.9%)
5. Diamonds (unmounted): $6.6 billion (4.3%)
6. Silver (unwrought): $5 billion (3.2%)
7. Hand-drawn paintings, drawings under 101 years old: $3.9 billion (2.6%)
8. Rubies, sapphires, emeralds: $2.1 billion (1.4%)
9. Civilian aircraft fully assembled or aircraft engines or parts: $1.23 billion (0.8%)
10. Hand-drawn paintings, drawings over 100 years old: $1.17 billion (0.8%)

New York’s top 10 export product categories represent over two-thirds (67.1%) of the overall value of the state’s global shipments.

The fastest-growing exports from New York in 2025 was jewelry made with precious metals propelled by a formidable 4,361% gain from 2024.

Other accelerating exports from New York was unwrought silver (up 3,018% from 2024), semi-manufactured gold (up 2,831%) and unwrought gold (up 315.5%).

The decliners among New York’s top 10 export products were unmounted diamonds (down -33.4% from 2024), hand-drawn paintings and drawings under 101 years old (down -9.8%), then rubies, sapphires and emeralds (down -8.3%).

More Key Facts about New York’s International Trade

New York state incurred an overall -US$60.7 billion deficit exporting and importing products during 2025. That dollar amount results from a -7.7% year-over-year decline from -$65.8 billion in red ink one year earlier 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.

Imports into New York state totaled $213.8 billion for 2025.

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

1. Miscellaneous items clad in precious metals: US$68.7 billion (32.1% of total New Yorker imports)
2. Gold (unwrought): $11.9 billion (5.6%)
3. Diamonds (worked): $6.9 billion (3.2%)
4. Jewelry made with miscellaneous precious metals: $4.3 billion (2%)
5. Hand-drawn paintings, drawings under 101 years old: $3.3 billion (1.5%)
6. Rubies, sapphires, emeralds: $2.8 billion (1.3%)
7. Gold (semi-manufactured): $2.2 billion (1%)
8. Wrist watches (base metal, no battery): $1.9 billion (0.9%)
9. Hand-drawn paintings, drawings over 100 years old: $1.6 billion (0.7%)
10. Scent mixtures for food or beverages: $1.5 billion (0.7%)

Historically, New York has negative net exports in the international trade of miscellaneous items clad in precious metals, and diamonds. In turn, these cashflows indicate New York’s competitive disadvantages under those product categories on New York state’s global balance sheet.

New York’s Major Trading Partners

The following list shows the top 10 trade partners that purchased almost half (47.8%) worth of the total value of products exported from New York state during 2025.

1. United Kingdom: US$17.7 billion (11.6% of total New Yorker exports)
2. Canada: $16.5 billion (10.8%)
3. Hong Kong: $12.6 billion (8.2%)
4. France: $4.7 billion (3.1%)
5. Israel: $3.77 billion (2.5%)
6. Mexico: $3.71 billion (2.4%)
7. Singapore: $3.71 billion (2.4%)
8. United Arab Emirates: $3.68 billion (2.4%)
9. India: $3.4 billion (2.2%)
10. Germany: $3.3 billion (2.2%)

New York’s top trade partners in North America, namely Canada and Mexico, accounted for 13.2% of the overall value of exported goods from the Empire State.

That percentage lags the 16.8% share for the leading European countries listed above (United Kingdom, France and Germany), and 12.9% for leading importers from Asian countries (Hong Kong, India, Singapore and India).

New York Export Companies

Forty-five of corporations headquartered in New York state rank among Forbes Global 2000 for 2024. Selected examples are shown below.

• Arconic (aluminum, titanium, nickel)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (pharmaceuticals)
• Colgate-Palmolive (household products, personal care, pet food)
• Estée Lauder Companies (makeup, skin care, hair care, fragrances)
• L3 Technologies (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance systems)
• Pfizer Inc (pharmaceuticals)
• Philip Morris International (cigarettes, other tobacco products)
• PVH (branded clothing)
• Ralph Lauren Corp (clothing, footwear, fragrances, housewares, jewelry)
• Verizon Communications (telecommunications)

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

New York’s capital is Albany, a city nicknamed “Cradle of the Union” or the “518 Cap City” where 518 refers to Albany’s telephone area code.

See also Utah’s Top 10 Exports, California’s Top 10 Exports, Top 10 Exports from Texas and Maine’s Top 10 Exports

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