International trade is big business.
And though Alaska has a lot of competition out there, we're doing pretty well at it. Alaska's top two markets continued to show signs of recovery from the economic problems much of Asia faced in 1997-98. Knowles will lead a trade mission of business and government officials to Japan and China this fall. While China is already an important market for Alaska's exports, that market holds great potential for export of Alaska's natural resources. This represents an increase of 910 percent for Singapore and 552 percent for Russia.