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ALABAMA STATE EXPORTS BRIEFING

March 2006

Foreign sales from Alabama rose 3.1 percent in January

 

by Maria E. Simos

  

 

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Monthly State Exports

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Current Month. Alabama exports of goods in January, seasonally adjusted: $1,083.1 million. 

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Previous Month. Alabama exports of goods in December, seasonally adjusted: $1,050.8 million.

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A Year Ago. Alabama exports of goods in January of last year, seasonally adjusted: $789.1 million.

Growth in State Exports

bullet Alabama exports of goods, adjusted for seasonal factors, rose 3.1 percent in January from the previous month.
bullet Alabama exports of goods, adjusted for seasonal factors, increased by 37.3 percent in January from the same month a year ago.

National Exports

bullet National exports of goods, seasonally adjusted increased by 3.3 percent in January to $81.7 billion.

State Exports by Major Industry

bullet Exports of manufactured goods accounted for 87 percent of all Alabama exports in January.
bullet Alabama's exports of manufactured goods in January, seasonally adjusted: $943.0 million.
bullet Alabama's exports of non-manufactured goods in January, seasonally adjusted: $140.1 million.  This group includes agricultural goods, mining products, and re-exports which are foreign goods that entered the state as imports and are exported in substantially the same condition as when imported.

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For a detailed column on Alabama exports with charts, tables and rankings contact: msimos@infometrica.com

Data Source: Official state exports data using the harmonized system schedule B commodity classification in original (raw) format from the World Trade Atlas and U.S. State Exports database.  To become comparable to the national exports widely-watched in the media, monthly state exports in millions of dollars are adjusted by infometrica, inc. for seasonal variation with the same statistical technique as national trade indicators.

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