Study: Almost Half Of Washington State Jobs Are From China

October 5, 2012 11:24 PM

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SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) - Trade in international ports such as China make up for 40 percent of Washington State’s economy.

A new study indicated that exports to China have uncreased by 230 percent since 2004, thus helping to create thousands of new jobs as a result of imports continuing to flow through the system, according to a report spear-headed by the Washington Council on International Trade and the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle.

Of the 2.8 million jobs in the state, 1.1 million are directly involved in the trade industry. And the money coming in is significant. Last year, Washington State exports reached $64 million, according to the report.

“At the end of the day, we are inextricably linked right now to China, in a wide variety of ways,” said Eric Schinfeld, president of the Washington Council on International Trade, in a statement. “If there are going to be imports, we would like as many of them as possible. We want that global supply train to come through Washington state as much as possible.”

The findings come as the state prefers not to use a coordinating efforts when developing more trade-related jobs, according to the study.

“It’s producing a lot of jobs in a difficult economy, and it has the opportunity to grow them even more,” said Sam Kaplan, president of the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle. “We tried to be careful in what we counted. But for those of us in the international game, it’s not that surprising.”

Study: Almost Half Of Washington State Jobs Are From China

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