Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Texas high tech exports declined in 2007

This doesn't have anything directly to do with Austin Technology Jobs, but it might be an indicator of the health of high tech and, therefore the health of that job market. --RCA

From Austin Business Journal, September 23, 2008...

Texas ranks second nationwide for the number of high-tech goods it exported in 2007, but still experienced a drop in exports as the economy soured, a new report from tech sector trade group AeA shows.

In its latest report — Trade in the Cyberstates 2008: A State-by-State Overview of High Tech International Trade — the AeA found that Texas experienced a drop in semiconductor, computer and peripheral equipment exports last year.

Texas recorded $35.9 billion in technology exports in 2007, second only to California with $48.2 billion in exports.

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