maine international trade center trad commercial guide for northern ireland and the republic of featuring irish opportunities laura taylor edward bush jr with advisement by andrew macdonald june 23 2003 purpose this study is to analyze markets special regard companies looking export goods these areas highlights a number industries within that hold significant relevance some s most prominent introduction total world exports from have been markedly high over past four years reaching nearly 2 billion annually figure especially notable when compared figures remainder northeast region united states as whole while there has decline in exporting electronics related products mainly due drop semiconductors asia are still strong natural wood fish paper major commodities general