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Trade report says 70 percent of Idaho exports are high-tech
If Egypt was the gift of the Nile, then Idaho is the gift of the semiconductor. At least that’s how it looks according to a report released Tuesday by technology trade association AeA http://www.aeanet.org/ .
Cyberstates 2008: A State-by-State Overview of High-Tech International Trade says that in 2007, $3.3 billion of Idaho’s $4.7 billion in exports were high-tech – a full 70 percent. Of that figure, $2.8 billion came from the semiconductor industry, making Idaho the fifth-largest exporter of computer chips and the second most concentrated high-tech exporter in the country (behind Vermont, with 75 percent).
The next biggest high-tech export in Idaho is computers and peripheral equipment (led by Hewlett-Packard) at $350 million – eight times less than is contributed by semiconductors, most of which are manufactured by Boise-based Micron Technology.
by Zach Hagadone
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