Alaska’s bountiful natural resources drive $5.2 billion in exports and trade, which support nearly 93,000 jobs in the state. While Alaska’s world-renowned seafood drives over half of all its exports, Alaska’s plentiful oil, gas, timber, and precious metals are also in high demand around the world.

• In Alaska, 92,700 jobs were supported by trade, representing 20.2% of all jobs in the state.^1,2
• In 2022, 807 companies exported goods from Alaska of which 73% were small- and medium-sized enterprises. In 2021, 13,600 people were employed by affiliates of companies at least 50% foreign-owned.^3,4

• Alaska exported $5.2 billion in goods to foreign markets in 2023. Alaska’s largest markets were:⁵
  • China ($1.2 billion)
  • Japan ($709.8 million)
  • South Korea ($702.1 million)
  • Australia ($602.4 million)
  • Canada ($596.3 million)
• Agricultural exports are important to Alaska's economy, totaling $20.6 million in 2022, according to the USDA.⁶
• Since 2014, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has financed $13 million in exports from 1 companies in Alaska.⁷
• The Millennium Challenge Corporation has provided $1.2 million in funding to Alaska organizations since the agency's inception in 2004.⁸

• From 2022-2023, 290 international students were enrolled in Alaska colleges and universities and contributed $9.8 million to the Alaska economy.¹⁰

• Since 1961, 1,052 Peace Corps volunteers from Alaska have served in dozens of countries overseas.¹¹

1. https://s3.amazonaws.com/brt.org/Business-Roundtable_TradeandAmericanJobs2022.pdf
2. https://www.businessroundtable.org/policy-perspectives/trade-international/benefits-of-trade-data
3. https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/edb/edbrel2021.pdf
4. https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/imne0823_0.pdf
5. https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/state-economy-and-trade-factsheets
6. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets.aspx#.U2ERwbQzqX8
7. https://www.exim.gov/customer-map/
8. https://www.mcc.gov/work-with-us/mcc-business/vehicles/
9. https://ustda.gov/ustda-success-by-state/
10. https://www.nafsa.org/policy-and-advocacy/policy-resources/nafsa-international-student-economic-value-tool-v2
11. https://www.peacecorps.gov/stories/peace-corps-announces-top-2023-volunteer-producing-states/