Pennsylvania generated over $52 billion worth of goods exports in 2023. With two major city centers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, more than 15,000 Pennsylvania companies export goods across the globe each year. And 89% of Pennsylvania’s exporters are small and medium sized businesses.

• In Pennsylvania, 1,596,200 jobs were supported by trade, representing 20.3% of all jobs in the state.^1,2
• In 2022, 15,430 companies exported goods from Pennsylvania of which 89% were small- and medium-sized enterprises. In 2021, 333,500 people were employed by affiliates of companies at least 50% foreign-owned.^3,4

• Pennsylvania exported $52.9 billion in goods to foreign markets in 2023, a 7% increase compared to 2022. Pennsylvania's largest markets were:⁵
  • Canada ($14.3 billion)
  • Mexico ($5.4 billion)
  • Netherlands ($3.2 billion)
  • China ($3.0 billion)
  • Japan ($2.2 billion)
• Agricultural exports are important to Pennsylvania's economy, totaling $2.6 billion in 2022, according to the USDA.⁶
• Since 2014, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has financed $8 billion in exports from 224 companies in Pennsylvania.⁷
• Since 1992, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency has helped facilitate $1.3 billion in exports from Pennsylvania companies.⁹

• From 2022-2023, 48,593 international students were enrolled in Pennsylvania colleges and universities and contributed $2 billion to the Pennsylvania economy.¹⁰

• Since 1961, 8,670 Peace Corps volunteers from Pennsylvania have served in dozens of countries overseas.¹¹

1. https://s3.amazonaws.com/brt.org/Business-Roundtable_TradeandAmericanJobs2022.pdf
2. https://www.businessroundtable.org/policy-perspectives/trade-international/benefits-of-trade-data
3. https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/edb/edbrel2021.pdf
4. https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/imne0823_0.pdf
5. https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/state-economy-and-trade-factsheets
6. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets.aspx#.U2ERwbQzqX8
7. https://www.exim.gov/customer-map/
8. https://www.mcc.gov/work-with-us/mcc-business/vehicles/
9. https://ustda.gov/ustda-success-by-state/
10. https://www.nafsa.org/policy-and-advocacy/policy-resources/nafsa-international-student-economic-value-tool-v2
11. https://www.peacecorps.gov/stories/peace-corps-announces-top-2023-volunteer-producing-states/