{"id":16957,"date":"2013-04-18T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T17:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=16957"},"modified":"2013-04-18T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T17:55:24","slug":"idaho-businesses-and-governor-ready-for-asian-trade-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2013\/04\/18\/idaho-businesses-and-governor-ready-for-asian-trade-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Businesses And Governor Ready For Asian Trade Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last April, Gov. C.L. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Otter and and representatives of 15 Idaho companies <a title=\"Trade Mission To China Showcases Unexpected Idaho Businesses\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/04\/17\/trade-mission-to-china-showcases-unexpected-idaho-businesses\/\" target=\"_blank\">traveled to China<\/a> hoping to develop trade relationships<del><\/del>. On Friday, Otter and 17 Idaho businesses will head to South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/2013\/04\/17\/2538678\/idaho-gov-butch-otter-to-depart.html\" target=\"_blank\">a similar mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The trade mission targets countries where Idaho companies hope to maintain or forge partnerships, said Megan Ronk, Department of Commerce spokeswoman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t randomly establish where to go,\u201d Ronk said. \u201cBusinesses give their input about key markets where there are strategic opportunities and where some support from the governor could make a difference.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Idaho\u2019s top exports include semiconductors, industrial equipment, precious and semi-precious metals, agricultural commodities and processed food, fertilizers, paper and forest products and personal care products. &#8211; Idaho Statesman<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Taiwan and South Korea are among the <a title=\"Where Does Idaho Stuff Go? A Guide To Exports\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/exports\/\" target=\"_blank\">top five countries<\/a> where Idaho exports go.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>StateImpact<\/em> <a title=\"Idaho Exports Rake In Billions In 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2013\/02\/12\/idaho-exports-rake-in-billions-in-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported in February<\/a>, Idaho exports grew 3.5 percent from 2011 to 2012. More than $6.1 billion worth of Idaho goods went to other countries last year. Food and agriculture production, transportation equipment, and office and home furnishings were the driving forces behind the 2012 export growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last April, Gov. C.L. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Otter and and representatives of 15 Idaho companies traveled to China hoping to develop trade relationships. On Friday, Otter and 17 Idaho businesses will head to South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam for a similar mission. The trade mission targets countries where Idaho companies hope to maintain or forge partnerships, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[49,27,157],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16965,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16957\/revisions\/16965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}