Alaska Exports Up in First Half of 2000.

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Alaska's total exports for the first half of 2000 topped $1.2 billion, an increase of 11 percent over the first half of 1999, administration officials said.

Alaska's top two markets continued to show signs of recovery from faced in 1997-'98. Exports to Alaska's number one market, Japan, totaled $697 million during the first half, of 2000-an increase of 18 percent over the first half of 1999. First half exports to South Korea, Alaska's number two export market, totaled $260...