Arizona’s High-Tech Exports Rank 6th in Nation
Arizona Ranks 3rd in Semiconductor Exports, 4th in Tech Export Concentration

Scottsdale, AZ (September 23, 2008) – AeA, the nation’s largest technology trade association representing all segments of the high-tech industry, today released its annual report detailing national and state trends in the international trade of high-tech goods. The report, Trade in the Cyberstates 2008: A State-by-State Overview of High-Tech International Trade, covers all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

High-tech goods exports from Arizona totaled $8.7 billion 2007, the sixth highest total in the nation in 2007. Semiconductor exports totaled $4.1 billion. Though these exports were down in 2007, semiconductors comprised almost half of all tech exports from Arizona and around one fifth of the state's total exports.

"High-tech exports are vital to Arizona’s economy, particularly in semiconductors," said Bob Brilon, Interim Executive Director of the Arizona Council of AeA. "Forty-five percent of all exports from the Grand Canyon state are high tech. We need to remember that this $8.7 billion in exports supports over 36,000 Arizona jobs. Our leaders in Washington need to keep working to open new foreign markets for U.S. high-tech exports."

Nationally, Trade in the Cyberstates 2008 shows that U.S. high-tech goods exports decreased by three percent in 2007, totaling $214 billion, representing 18 percent of all U.S. exports to the world. High-tech imports totaled $333 billion in 2007, up by three percent, resulting in a high-tech trade deficit of $118 billion. High-tech exports supported 894,600 jobs in the United States.

Trade in the Cyberstates 2008 provides a comprehensive review of international trade of high-tech goods at the national and state-by-state level. The report provides overview pages for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These "snapshot" pages highlight historical high-tech export trends, exports by individual tech sector, and leading export destinations.

This report is a partner publication to AeA's other two annual cyber publications, Cyberstates and Cybercities, which provide data on high-tech jobs, wages, payroll, and other factors at the state and metropolitan levels.

AeA members can purchase each of these reports for $125; non-members for $250. Visit www.aeanet.org/research to purchase the reports.

What Does High-Tech Trade Mean for Arizona?

• $8.7 billion in high-tech exports (6th ranked cyberstate)
   
• Down $35 million in tech exports between 2006 and 2007
   
• 45 percent of exports from Arizona are tech exports (ranked 4th)
   
• 36,400 jobs in Arizona are supported by tech exports

Arizona’s Leading Tech Export Destinations:

• $1.7 billion in tech exports to Mexico
   
• $912 million in tech exports to China
   
• $883 million in tech exports to Singapore

Arizona’s Leading Tech Export Sectors:

• 3rd in semiconductor exports at $4.1 billion
   
• 5th in industrial electronics exports at $1.7 billion
   
• 7th in electronic components exports at $721 million

Source: Trade in the Cyberstates 2008

Data are for 2007.

Published by AeA, Advancing the Business of Technology (www.aeanet.org)

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