diff --git a/sdk/metric/exporter.go b/sdk/metric/exporter.go
index cce68657e54..309381fe8d3 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/exporter.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/exporter.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/export"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 )
 
 // ErrExporterShutdown is returned if Export or Shutdown are called after an
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type Exporter interface {
 	// implement any retry logic. All errors returned by this function are
 	// considered unrecoverable and will be reported to a configured error
 	// Handler.
-	Export(context.Context, export.ResourceMetrics) error
+	Export(context.Context, metricdata.ResourceMetrics) error
 
 	// ForceFlush flushes any metric data held by an exporter.
 	//
diff --git a/sdk/metric/export/data.go b/sdk/metric/metricdata/data.go
similarity index 98%
rename from sdk/metric/export/data.go
rename to sdk/metric/metricdata/data.go
index 196a83057a9..ac9eb54c55a 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/export/data.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/metricdata/data.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // TODO: NOTE this is a temporary space, it may be moved following the
 // discussion of #2813, or #2841
 
-package export // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/export"
+package metricdata // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 
 import (
 	"time"
diff --git a/sdk/metric/export/temporality.go b/sdk/metric/metricdata/temporality.go
similarity index 94%
rename from sdk/metric/export/temporality.go
rename to sdk/metric/metricdata/temporality.go
index 163bec389e8..561fdab50c3 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/export/temporality.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/metricdata/temporality.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //go:build go1.17
 // +build go1.17
 
-package export // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/export"
+package metricdata // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 
 // Temporality defines the window that an aggregation was calculated over.
 type Temporality uint8