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  • Did you know? Massachusetts' trade-related employment grew more than three times faster than total employment from 2004 to 2008.
  • Did you know? Computers & electronics was Massachusetts' leading export category in 2008 accounting for 27.6 percent of total exports.
  • Did you know? In 2008, Massachusetts companies sold their products in nearly 210 foreign markets.
  • Did you know? In 2008, exports accounted for approximately 7.8 percent of Massachusetts' state gross domestic product.
  • Did you know? Since 2002, exports have increased more than twice as fast as state GDP.

Massachusetts

Key Trade Statistics

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Trade statistics Massachusetts
Number of trade jobs 921,900
Total exports $28.4 billion
Ranking among states in total exports Info #12

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Leading Exporters

Company Location Products Foreign Markets
A123 System Hopkinton Electric generator sets Chile
Basic Chemical Solutions Marlborough Sulphuric acid, caustic soda, and other chemicals Venezuela, Brazil, Italy, Turkey, Canada, and others
Bose Corporation Framingham Speakers and parts Japan, Germany, and Ireland
Boston Hides & Furs Chelsea Wet salted hides Germany, Thailand, Turkey, Italy, and others
Cashman Caspian Boston Empty barges Russia
Corning Inc Lowell Lab equipment Netherlands
Dsm Thermoplastic Elastomers Leominster Elastomers and synthetic resins Hong Kong
E Butterworth & Co Dracut Apparel Hong Kong
Eastman Gelating Peabody Ma Peabody Photographic apparatus Netherlands
Hi Gear Products Inc Hudson Auto parts Russia, Germany
International Forest Products Foxboro Wood pulp and liners China, Nigeria, Ecuador, Israel, Costa Rica, and others
Minmetals Westport Non-ferrous metals China
Morgan Construction Company Worcester Milling machinery Taiwan
Sabic Innovative Plastics Pittsfield Synthetic resins China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Spain, and others
Sappi Fine Paper Boston Paper products Australia, Japan, Argentina, Brazil, China, and others