Minnesota companies exported $5.1 billion worth of manufactured, mining and agricultural products in the second quarter of 2017, a 7.4 percent increase from the same period a year earlier, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
Among the categories which saw an increase were miscellaneous seeds, grains and fruit which totalled $100 million, up 40 percent.
Minnesota exports to Asia climbed 13 percent in the quarter to $1.7 billion. Export sales also increased in North America ($1.7 billion, up 0.5 percent) and the European Union ($1.1 billion, up 9 percent).
Source: southernminn.com
