China now second-largest importer of Alaskan seafood

Friday, March 21 2008

Unalaska, AK – Alaska's overall exports totaled $3.9 billion in 2007, according to figures released by the governor's office Thursday. As usual, more than half of those exports were from the seafood industry, which sent nearly $2 billion worth of its products to customers in other countries. What's new is who's buying all of that fish--for the first time, China is now the second-largest importer of Alaskan seafood, and Americans might actually be eating more of it than anyone else. KIAL's Charles Homans explains.



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