Alaska's exports reached $4 billion last year, reports Bill White: Alaska 2006 exports could top $4 billion (Anchorage Daily News, Feb 6 - free registration required):
Seafood (~$2 billion), minerals, especially zinc (~$1 billion), energy a distant third, and fertilizer way behind.
Exports to China have quadrupled since 2001, topping $470 million last year through November, Wolf [Greg Wolf, Executive Director of the World Trade Center Alaska - Ben] said.
"China's economic rise and its voracious appetite for natural resources have been the predominant force influencing Alaska's export growth over the past five or six years," he said...
Japan got about 25 percent of the exports, based on value, followed by South Korea at 18 percent, China at 12 percent and Canada at 11 percent...
European countries getting Alaska products include Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium.
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