March 26, 2008

Alaska’s export shipments of merchandise in 2007 totaled $3.9 billion, up 42 percent from 2003. Export-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 3.4 percent of Alaska's total private-sector employment. Over one-fourth or 25.9 percent of all manufacturing workers in Alaska depend on exports for their jobs. (2005 data are the latest available.)

Source: Prepared by the International Trade Administration