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State of Alaska > Governor > 2004 Exports to China
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China’s opening up to the world trade in the last three decades
continues at a rapid pace. The country’s GDP grew 9.8 percent in 2005. Alaska’s exports to China increased significantly
in 2005, up 40 percent to $337 million of seafood, minerals, fertilizer, and forest products.
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Alaska’s seafood exports to China more than doubled from two years ago to $241 million. Exports of fishmeal
for animal feed increased to over $24 million. Alaska is supplying over 70 percent of U.S. seafood exports to
China. Much of the seafood exported to China is reprocessed for re-export to Japan, Europe, and the U.S. and
demand for those products is growing. Alaska seafood is also available in western style supermarkets in a growing
number of major cities in China. As China’s urban consumers become increasingly affluent, the opportunities for
Alaska seafood in China will expand.
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Charles Abernathy, Associate Director of the Washington DC Office of the Governor, spoke at the opening ceremony of the log fumigation facility in the Municipality of Putian in Fujian Province, China, February, 2005. Alaska logs are fumigated at the Putian facility. Photo by Yingdi Wang.
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Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has a representative in Shanghai. The ASMI trade rep connects Chinese buyers
and Alaska producers, conducts Alaska seafood promotions in restaurants and grocery stores, and works closely with
buyers and media to educate about the availability and superior quality of Alaska’s wild seafood products.
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To see the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s 2005 annual report on China and fishery products, see
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200512/146176488.pdf
Alaska exported $13 million of zinc and lead ore to China in 2005.
Forest products increased significantly in 2005 to $7.6 million from less than $3 million in 2004. Over several
years, Alaska has worked to find solutions to China’s log fumigation requirements that had negatively affected Alaska’s
log export ability. Alaska’s forest products industry is working closely with state and federal officials to clear the
way for increased round log export to China in two ways.
First, Alaska has worked with U.S. federal phytosanitary officials and their counterparts in China so that both
sides allow third-country fumigation of logs. Log fumigation is not practical or economic in Alaska’s logging sites.
China Forest Products Trade Mission, August 2005: Wen Chen, Director of Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Service of People’s Republic of China; Zhiguo An, Deputy Director of Liaoning Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Service; Mingkun Ni, Deputy Director of Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Service; Dejin Li, Deputy Mayor of Putian Municipality; Jingui Yuan, Economic Consultant, Putian Municipality; Lt. Governor Leman; Jack Phelps, Forest Products Specialist, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development; Doug Warner, Manager, Inspection and Marketing, Alaska Division of Agriculture; Chuck Becker, Director, Alaska Export Assistance Center.
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Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Alaska Travel Industry Association trade mission to China included meetings with the major travel organizations in China: China Travel Service, China International Travel Service and China Youth Travel Service. Pictured (l to r) Stone Wang; State of Alaska China Trade Representative Yingdi Wang, China Travel Service Senior Manager of America and Africa Area Operation Lihua Li; Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau Vice President David Kasser; China Travel Service Vice General Manager of Outbound and Domestic Zhizhong Wei; Phillips Glacier Cruises and Tours Manager of Marketing & Sales Marsha Barton; China Travel Service Vice Manager of America and Africa Area Operation Yanwei Liu; China Travel Service American Section Business Manager Denny Hoo; Alaska Heritage Tours’ Ethan Tyler; and Alaska Travel Industry Association Trade & International Marketing Manager Andrew Larsen.
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Second, in 2005 the Municipality of Putian in Fujian Province established a log processing facility that could fumigate
logs upon arrival in China. USDA and the State of Alaska Division of Agriculture worked through official US/China bilateral
talks to request that Alaska’s logs be allowed fumigation upon arrival in China. In August 2005, a 16-member delegation of
Chinese buyers and phytosanitary officials from Fuijan Province, the Municipality of Putian, and Putian City Port visited
Alaska and met with log producers, native corporations, and state officials. Alaska logs have since been processed through
the Putian facility. Also in 2005, the US-based Softwood Exports Council brought their China-based representative to do site
visits in Alaska with U.S. Forest Service personnel, the Sitka Wood Utilization Center, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Sitka Forest Product Program.
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s booth at the China Fishery & Seafood Expo 2005, which took place in Qingdao, China.
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Governor Frank Murkowski - Alaska Trade and Development - 2005 Export Report
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