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Export from Maine

A short guide for companies selling from Maine: the export figures, the agreements and their limits, the main steps and who can help, each with its source.

1. What Maine sells, and who buys it

Top goods exports

2025

  1. 1. Civilian aircraft, engines and partsUS$649.1 million
  2. 2. Crustaceans (HS 0306)US$280.1 million
  3. 3. Petroleum gases (HS 2711)US$222.1 million
  4. 4. Diagnostic and laboratory reagents (HS 3822)US$145.6 million
  5. 5. Integrated circuits (HS 8542)US$143.8 million
  6. 6. Logs (HS 4403)US$116 million
  7. 7. Coated paper and paperboard (HS 4810)US$110.2 million
  8. 8. Laboratory analysis instruments (HS 9027)US$76.3 million
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  1. 9. Coated or printed paper (HS 4811)US$69.1 million
  2. 10. Fresh fish (HS 0302)US$61.4 million
  3. 11. Chemical wood pulp (HS 4703)US$52.1 million
  4. 12. Sanitary pads, tampons and diapers (HS 9619)US$41.1 million
  5. 13. Trailers and semi-trailers (HS 8716)US$37.4 million
  6. 14. Plant saps and extracts (HS 1302)US$36.6 million
  7. 15. Ferrous scrap (HS 7204)US$35.4 million
  8. 16. Semiconductor manufacturing machines (HS 8486)US$34.2 million
  9. 17. Liquid pumps (HS 8413)US$32.5 million
  10. 18. Blood products and vaccines (HS 3002)US$32.4 million
  11. 19. Firearm parts and accessories (HS 9305)US$30.6 million
  12. 20. Sawn lumber (HS 4407)US$29.1 million
  • Origin of movement is where goods began their trip to the port, not always where made; primary goods often show the port's state; foreign-trade zone shipments are spread across states. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • The ranking's shares are of US$3,193.4 million, the Census Bureau's current 2025 total in its state export data. The exports total shown, US$3,185.5 million, is Exhibit 2's figure as first published, so the two differ slightly. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)

Source: Census Bureau, state exports by product and destination, 2025⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025

Where the goods go

2025, share of goods exports

  • Canada41.2%
  • Malaysia3.8%
  • Netherlands3.6%
  • Japan3.6%
  • United Arab Emirates3.4%
  • China3.3%
  • Pakistan3.2%
  • Switzerland2.9%
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  • Mexico2.3%
  • South Korea2.2%

Source: Census Bureau, state exports by product and destination, 2025⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025

2. What to look into next

Our reading

Promote:Global’s reading of the figures above, not a source’s statement, and not advice.

3. Trade agreements

For Maine: the United States’ agreements apply

4. What Maine runs for exporters

Only what Maine itself runs or asks of exporters, each with its source.

Export requirements across the United States: see the steps in Export from the United States

5. Steps to export

The main steps, in order, each with the body responsible and its official page.

Exporting from Maine

  1. Ask MITC for one-on-one help with logistics, tariffs, documentation and country registration.Maine International Trade CenterOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: MITC, one-on-one assistance page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  2. Ask MITC about State Trade Expansion Program awards that reimburse 75 percent of eligible export project costs.Maine International Trade CenterAwards of US$3,000 to US$8,000; 25 percent company matchOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: MITC, STEP Financial Assistance Awards page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  3. If you sell Maine food or beverages, book Food Export Northeast's export documents consultation or take its online export course.Food Export USA-NortheastUS$50 registration for the consultationOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Food Export Northeast, Export Navigator regulatory consultation⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  4. Classify your product, file electronic export information and check export control rules where federal law requires them.International Trade AdministrationOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: ITA, United States export regulations page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

6. Organizations that help exporters

Start with MITC and Maine SBDC. Each card links to the organization’s own site.

Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets

Export development and market information

Show 2 more organizations

Customs and tax

Standards and sector requirements

Chambers and industry associations

7. Worth knowing

Across the United States: see Worth knowing in Export from the United States

8. How Promote:Global helps

  • Compare potential export marketsSee which markets import what you sell, ranked on public trade data, and read each country before you commit.
  • Check duties and document requirementsCheck the duty, the origin conditions for a preferential rate and the documents a shipment needs.
  • Find advisors and service firmsAsk an advisory firm a scoped, paid question, or browse firms that list their own services, from legal work to logistics.
  • Organize your next stepsKeep each product and market in a project, with a roadmap of steps you work through.

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Promote:Maine is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.

Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of November 3, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.