Marketplace: Aerospace elevates Northwest exports

Michael Parks at Seattle-based Marple’s Pacific Northwest Letter http://www.marples.com/ is just about the only journalist around who tracks the regional economy.

According to Parks’ latest report, this is a record-breaking year for exports in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Most of the credit goes to our state’s aerospace industry.

In the first half of the year, Washington exports of transportation equipment (mainly aircraft) reached $15.8 billion, up 61 percent from 2005, according to a report cited by Parks from the World Institute for Strategic Economic Research.

JULIA ANDERSON Columbian business editor

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