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Export from Massachusetts

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

1. What Massachusetts sells, and who buys it

Top goods exports

2025

  1. 1. Gold (HS 7108)US$5.12 billion
  2. 2. Blood products, vaccines and cultures (HS 3002)US$4.37 billion
  3. 3. Medical and dental instruments (HS 9018)US$2.48 billion
  4. 4. Semiconductor manufacturing machines (HS 8486)US$2.41 billion
  5. 5. Computers and data processing machines (HS 8471)US$1.32 billion
  6. 6. Lab and analytical instruments (HS 9027)US$1.12 billion
  7. 7. Centrifuges and filtering equipment (HS 8421)US$915.2 million
  8. 8. Precious metal scrap (HS 7112)US$875.8 million
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  1. 9. Diagnostic and lab reagents (HS 3822)US$834.1 million
  2. 10. Integrated circuits (HS 8542)US$649 million
  3. 11. Orthopedic and prosthetic devices (HS 9021)US$617.7 million
  4. 12. Gas turbines and parts (HS 8411)US$592.2 million
  5. 13. Power supplies and transformers (HS 8504)US$579.5 million
  6. 14. Medicines in bulk mixtures (HS 3003)US$571.4 million
  7. 15. Precious metal articles (HS 7115)US$547.4 million
  8. 16. Civilian aircraft, engines and partsUS$535.8 million
  9. 17. Packaged medicines (HS 3004)US$471.2 million
  10. 18. X-ray and radiation apparatus (HS 9022)US$439.1 million
  11. 19. Plastic sheets and film, other kinds (HS 3921)US$429.6 million
  12. 20. Electrical switches and connectors (HS 8536)US$414.6 million
  • Origin of movement is where goods began their journey to the port, not always where made. For farm and mining goods the state shown generally reflects the port of export, and foreign-trade zone shipments are spread among states. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • The ranking's shares are of US$38,805.3 million, the Census Bureau's current 2025 total in its state export data. The exports total shown, US$38,802.8 million, is Exhibit 2's figure as first published, so the two differ slightly. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • Precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, scrap, coin, jewelry and articles) are 18.9 percent of the 2025 state total in the ranking, so every other line's share is smaller. 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

  • United Kingdom11.5%
  • Canada8.1%
  • Mexico7.7%
  • China7.3%
  • Germany6.4%
  • Belgium6.3%
  • Switzerland6.3%
  • Singapore5.2%
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  • Netherlands4.5%
  • Japan4.3%

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 Massachusetts: the United States’ agreements apply

4. What Massachusetts runs for exporters

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

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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 Massachusetts

  1. Book export counseling with the Massachusetts Export Center to check export readiness, compliance duties and target markets.Massachusetts Export CenterOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Massachusetts Export Center, home page, 2026⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  2. Ask MOITI and the Massachusetts Export Center about a State Trade Expansion Program grant for export marketing costs.Massachusetts Office of International Trade and InvestmentUS$6,000 to US$20,000 per businessOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Massachusetts Export Center, 2026 STEP program page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  3. If you export, ask MassDevelopment about its Export Guarantee for bank financing.MassDevelopmentOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: MassDevelopment, guarantees page, 2026⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

  4. For plants and seed, book a nursery inspection with MDAR to obtain a USDA phytosanitary certificate before you ship.Massachusetts Department of Agricultural ResourcesOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: MDAR, nursery and plant inspections page, 2026⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

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  1. Classify your product and check whether it needs an export license before you ship.Bureau of Industry and SecurityOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

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

  2. File electronic export information in the Automated Export System when goods under one Schedule B number are worth over US$2,500, or need a license.U.S. Census BureauOver US$2,500 per Schedule B numberOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: ITA, filing export shipments through AES, 2026⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 3, 2026

6. Organizations that help exporters

Start with MOITI and Massachusetts Export Center. 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

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Customs and tax

Standards and sector requirements

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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

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Promote:Massachusetts 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.