diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 262d87c7da5..20a503020dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
   - `ErrorOption` has been changed to an interface to conform with project design standards which included adding a `NewErrorConfig` function.
   - `EmptySpanContext` is removed.
 - Move the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/trace/tracetest` package into `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest`. (#1229)
-- OTLP Exporter supports OTLP v0.5.0. (#1230)
+- OTLP Exporter updates:
+  - supports OTLP v0.5.0 (#1230)
+  - supports configurable aggregation temporality (default: Cumulative, optional: Stateless). (#1296)
 - The Sampler is now called on local child spans. (#1233)
 - The `Kind` type from the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/metric` package was renamed to `InstrumentKind` to more specifically describe what it is and avoid semantic ambiguity. (#1240)
 - The `MetricKind` method of the `Descriptor` type in the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/metric` package was renamed to `Descriptor.InstrumentKind`.
diff --git a/exporters/metric/prometheus/prometheus.go b/exporters/metric/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 5730e71460a..6d047954f0f 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/exporters/metric/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ func (e *Exporter) Controller() *pull.Controller {
 	return e.controller
 }
 
-func (e *Exporter) ExportKindFor(*otel.Descriptor, aggregation.Kind) export.ExportKind {
+func (e *Exporter) ExportKindFor(desc *otel.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) export.ExportKind {
 	// NOTE: Summary values should use Delta aggregation, then be
 	// combined into a sliding window, see the TODO below.
 	// NOTE: Prometheus also supports a "GaugeDelta" exposition format,
 	// which is expressed as a delta histogram.  Need to understand if this
 	// should be a default behavior for ValueRecorder/ValueObserver.
-	return export.CumulativeExporter
+	return export.CumulativeExportKindSelector().ExportKindFor(desc, kind)
 }
 
 func (e *Exporter) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/metric.go b/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/metric.go
index 1bcffcf19c6..04bd3fccdd9 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/metric.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/metric.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func CheckpointSet(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector
 	for i := uint(0); i < numWorkers; i++ {
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			transformer(ctx, records, transformed)
+			transformer(ctx, exportSelector, records, transformed)
 		}()
 	}
 	go func() {
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ func source(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, cps e
 
 // transformer transforms records read from the passed in chan into
 // OTLP Metrics which are sent on the out chan.
-func transformer(ctx context.Context, in <-chan export.Record, out chan<- result) {
+func transformer(ctx context.Context, exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, in <-chan export.Record, out chan<- result) {
 	for r := range in {
-		m, err := Record(r)
+		m, err := Record(exportSelector, r)
 		// Propagate errors, but do not send empty results.
 		if err == nil && m == nil {
 			continue
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func sink(ctx context.Context, in <-chan result) ([]*metricpb.ResourceMetrics, e
 
 // Record transforms a Record into an OTLP Metric. An ErrIncompatibleAgg
 // error is returned if the Record Aggregator is not supported.
-func Record(r export.Record) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
+func Record(exportSelector export.ExportKindSelector, r export.Record) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 	agg := r.Aggregation()
 	switch agg.Kind() {
 	case aggregation.MinMaxSumCountKind:
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func Record(r export.Record) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %T", ErrIncompatibleAgg, agg)
 		}
-		return histogram(r, h)
+		return histogramPoint(r, exportSelector.ExportKindFor(r.Descriptor(), aggregation.HistogramKind), h)
 
 	case aggregation.SumKind:
 		s, ok := agg.(aggregation.Sum)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func Record(r export.Record) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return scalar(r, sum, r.StartTime(), r.EndTime())
+		return sumPoint(r, sum, r.StartTime(), r.EndTime(), exportSelector.ExportKindFor(r.Descriptor(), aggregation.SumKind), r.Descriptor().InstrumentKind().Monotonic())
 
 	case aggregation.LastValueKind:
 		lv, ok := agg.(aggregation.LastValue)
@@ -287,14 +287,14 @@ func Record(r export.Record) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return gauge(r, value, time.Time{}, tm)
+		return gaugePoint(r, value, time.Time{}, tm)
 
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %T", ErrUnimplementedAgg, agg)
 	}
 }
 
-func gauge(record export.Record, num otel.Number, start, end time.Time) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
+func gaugePoint(record export.Record, num otel.Number, start, end time.Time) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 	desc := record.Descriptor()
 	labels := record.Labels()
 
@@ -338,9 +338,17 @@ func gauge(record export.Record, num otel.Number, start, end time.Time) (*metric
 	return m, nil
 }
 
-// scalar transforms a Sum or LastValue Aggregator into an OTLP Metric.
-// For LastValue (Gauge), use start==time.Time{}.
-func scalar(record export.Record, num otel.Number, start, end time.Time) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
+func exportKindToTemporality(ek export.ExportKind) metricpb.AggregationTemporality {
+	switch ek {
+	case export.DeltaExportKind:
+		return metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA
+	case export.CumulativeExportKind:
+		return metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_CUMULATIVE
+	}
+	return metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_UNSPECIFIED
+}
+
+func sumPoint(record export.Record, num otel.Number, start, end time.Time, ek export.ExportKind, monotonic bool) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 	desc := record.Descriptor()
 	labels := record.Labels()
 
@@ -354,6 +362,8 @@ func scalar(record export.Record, num otel.Number, start, end time.Time) (*metri
 	case otel.Int64NumberKind:
 		m.Data = &metricpb.Metric_IntSum{
 			IntSum: &metricpb.IntSum{
+				IsMonotonic:            monotonic,
+				AggregationTemporality: exportKindToTemporality(ek),
 				DataPoints: []*metricpb.IntDataPoint{
 					{
 						Value:             num.CoerceToInt64(n),
@@ -367,6 +377,8 @@ func scalar(record export.Record, num otel.Number, start, end time.Time) (*metri
 	case otel.Float64NumberKind:
 		m.Data = &metricpb.Metric_DoubleSum{
 			DoubleSum: &metricpb.DoubleSum{
+				IsMonotonic:            monotonic,
+				AggregationTemporality: exportKindToTemporality(ek),
 				DataPoints: []*metricpb.DoubleDataPoint{
 					{
 						Value:             num.CoerceToFloat64(n),
@@ -473,7 +485,7 @@ func histogramValues(a aggregation.Histogram) (boundaries []float64, counts []fl
 }
 
 // histogram transforms a Histogram Aggregator into an OTLP Metric.
-func histogram(record export.Record, a aggregation.Histogram) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
+func histogramPoint(record export.Record, ek export.ExportKind, a aggregation.Histogram) (*metricpb.Metric, error) {
 	desc := record.Descriptor()
 	labels := record.Labels()
 	boundaries, counts, err := histogramValues(a)
@@ -504,6 +516,7 @@ func histogram(record export.Record, a aggregation.Histogram) (*metricpb.Metric,
 	case otel.Int64NumberKind:
 		m.Data = &metricpb.Metric_IntHistogram{
 			IntHistogram: &metricpb.IntHistogram{
+				AggregationTemporality: exportKindToTemporality(ek),
 				DataPoints: []*metricpb.IntHistogramDataPoint{
 					{
 						Sum:               sum.CoerceToInt64(n),
@@ -520,6 +533,7 @@ func histogram(record export.Record, a aggregation.Histogram) (*metricpb.Metric,
 	case otel.Float64NumberKind:
 		m.Data = &metricpb.Metric_DoubleHistogram{
 			DoubleHistogram: &metricpb.DoubleHistogram{
+				AggregationTemporality: exportKindToTemporality(ek),
 				DataPoints: []*metricpb.DoubleHistogramDataPoint{
 					{
 						Sum:               sum.CoerceToFloat64(n),
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/metric_test.go b/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/metric_test.go
index 1d1bdb5b978..2122ef3dec4 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/metric_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/internal/transform/metric_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ var (
 	intervalEnd   = intervalStart.Add(time.Hour)
 )
 
+const (
+	otelCumulative = metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_CUMULATIVE
+	otelDelta      = metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA
+)
+
 func TestStringKeyValues(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		kvs      []label.KeyValue
@@ -167,14 +172,17 @@ func TestSumIntDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	value, err := sum.Sum()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	if m, err := scalar(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime()); assert.NoError(t, err) {
+	if m, err := sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), export.CumulativeExportKind, true); assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetIntGauge())
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetIntHistogram())
-		assert.Equal(t, []*metricpb.IntDataPoint{{
-			Value:             1,
-			StartTimeUnixNano: uint64(intervalStart.UnixNano()),
-			TimeUnixNano:      uint64(intervalEnd.UnixNano()),
-		}}, m.GetIntSum().DataPoints)
+		assert.Equal(t, &metricpb.IntSum{
+			AggregationTemporality: otelCumulative,
+			IsMonotonic:            true,
+			DataPoints: []*metricpb.IntDataPoint{{
+				Value:             1,
+				StartTimeUnixNano: uint64(intervalStart.UnixNano()),
+				TimeUnixNano:      uint64(intervalEnd.UnixNano()),
+			}}}, m.GetIntSum())
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetDoubleGauge())
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetDoubleHistogram())
 	}
@@ -192,17 +200,20 @@ func TestSumFloatDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	value, err := sum.Sum()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	if m, err := scalar(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime()); assert.NoError(t, err) {
+	if m, err := sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), export.DeltaExportKind, false); assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetIntGauge())
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetIntHistogram())
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetIntSum())
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetDoubleGauge())
 		assert.Nil(t, m.GetDoubleHistogram())
-		assert.Equal(t, []*metricpb.DoubleDataPoint{{
-			Value:             1,
-			StartTimeUnixNano: uint64(intervalStart.UnixNano()),
-			TimeUnixNano:      uint64(intervalEnd.UnixNano()),
-		}}, m.GetDoubleSum().DataPoints)
+		assert.Equal(t, &metricpb.DoubleSum{
+			IsMonotonic:            false,
+			AggregationTemporality: otelDelta,
+			DataPoints: []*metricpb.DoubleDataPoint{{
+				Value:             1,
+				StartTimeUnixNano: uint64(intervalStart.UnixNano()),
+				TimeUnixNano:      uint64(intervalEnd.UnixNano()),
+			}}}, m.GetDoubleSum())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -218,7 +229,7 @@ func TestLastValueIntDataPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	value, timestamp, err := sum.LastValue()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	if m, err := gauge(record, value, time.Time{}, timestamp); assert.NoError(t, err) {
+	if m, err := gaugePoint(record, value, time.Time{}, timestamp); assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		assert.Equal(t, []*metricpb.IntDataPoint{{
 			Value:             100,
 			StartTimeUnixNano: 0,
@@ -240,7 +251,7 @@ func TestSumErrUnknownValueType(t *testing.T) {
 	value, err := s.Sum()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	_, err = scalar(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime())
+	_, err = sumPoint(record, value, record.StartTime(), record.EndTime(), export.CumulativeExportKind, true)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrUnknownValueType) {
 		t.Errorf("expected ErrUnknownValueType, got %v", err)
@@ -325,7 +336,7 @@ func TestRecordAggregatorIncompatibleErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			kind: kind,
 			agg:  agg,
 		}
-		return Record(export.NewRecord(&desc, &labels, res, test, intervalStart, intervalEnd))
+		return Record(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), export.NewRecord(&desc, &labels, res, test, intervalStart, intervalEnd))
 	}
 
 	mpb, err := makeMpb(aggregation.SumKind, &lastvalue.New(1)[0])
@@ -358,7 +369,7 @@ func TestRecordAggregatorUnexpectedErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		desc := otel.NewDescriptor("things", otel.CounterInstrumentKind, otel.Int64NumberKind)
 		labels := label.NewSet()
 		res := resource.Empty()
-		return Record(export.NewRecord(&desc, &labels, res, agg, intervalStart, intervalEnd))
+		return Record(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), export.NewRecord(&desc, &labels, res, agg, intervalStart, intervalEnd))
 	}
 
 	errEx := fmt.Errorf("timeout")
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/options.go b/exporters/otlp/options.go
index 9cd375005f4..737f56b8c08 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/options.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
+
+	metricsdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ type config struct {
 	headers            map[string]string
 	clientCredentials  credentials.TransportCredentials
 	numWorkers         uint
+	exportKindSelector metricsdk.ExportKindSelector
 }
 
 // WorkerCount sets the number of Goroutines to use when processing telemetry.
@@ -165,3 +168,11 @@ func WithGRPCDialOption(opts ...grpc.DialOption) ExporterOption {
 		cfg.grpcDialOptions = opts
 	}
 }
+
+// WithMetricExportKindSelector defines the ExportKindSelector used for selecting
+// AggregationTemporality (i.e., Cumulative vs. Delta aggregation).
+func WithMetricExportKindSelector(selector metricsdk.ExportKindSelector) ExporterOption {
+	return func(cfg *config) {
+		cfg.exportKindSelector = selector
+	}
+}
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlp.go b/exporters/otlp/otlp.go
index 3cd43ca0a9f..78d20a66f86 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlp.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlp.go
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ func newConfig(opts ...ExporterOption) config {
 	cfg := config{
 		numWorkers:        DefaultNumWorkers,
 		grpcServiceConfig: DefaultGRPCServiceConfig,
+
+		// Note: the default ExportKindSelector is specified
+		// as Cumulative:
+		// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/731
+		exportKindSelector: metricsdk.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
 	}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(&cfg)
@@ -93,9 +98,6 @@ func NewUnstartedExporter(opts ...ExporterOption) *Exporter {
 	if len(e.c.headers) > 0 {
 		e.metadata = metadata.New(e.c.headers)
 	}
-
-	// TODO (rghetia): add resources
-
 	return e
 }
 
@@ -286,9 +288,9 @@ func (e *Exporter) Export(parent context.Context, cps metricsdk.CheckpointSet) e
 }
 
 // ExportKindFor reports back to the OpenTelemetry SDK sending this Exporter
-// metric telemetry that it needs to be provided in a pass-through format.
-func (e *Exporter) ExportKindFor(*otel.Descriptor, aggregation.Kind) metricsdk.ExportKind {
-	return metricsdk.PassThroughExporter
+// metric telemetry that it needs to be provided in a cumulative format.
+func (e *Exporter) ExportKindFor(desc *otel.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) metricsdk.ExportKind {
+	return e.c.exportKindSelector.ExportKindFor(desc, kind)
 }
 
 // ExportSpans exports a batch of SpanData.
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlp_integration_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlp_integration_test.go
index 84a0f3e8d87..7999659ea4a 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlp_integration_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlp_integration_test.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func newExporterEndToEndTest(t *testing.T, additionalOpts []otlp.ExporterOption)
 	}
 
 	selector := simple.NewWithInexpensiveDistribution()
-	processor := processor.New(selector, metricsdk.PassThroughExporter)
+	processor := processor.New(selector, metricsdk.StatelessExportKindSelector())
 	pusher := push.New(processor, exp)
 	pusher.Start()
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ func TestNewExporter_withMultipleAttributeTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	span.End()
 
 	selector := simple.NewWithInexpensiveDistribution()
-	processor := processor.New(selector, metricsdk.PassThroughExporter)
+	processor := processor.New(selector, metricsdk.StatelessExportKindSelector())
 	pusher := push.New(processor, exp)
 	pusher.Start()
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlp_metric_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlp_metric_test.go
index c82b605edf0..96d517b29e7 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlp_metric_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlp_metric_test.go
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ var (
 func TestNoGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 	runMetricExportTests(
 		t,
+		nil,
 		[]record{
 			{
 				"int64-count",
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ func TestValuerecorderMetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	runMetricExportTests(t, []record{r, r}, expected)
+	runMetricExportTests(t, nil, []record{r, r}, expected)
 }
 
 func TestCountInt64MetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ func TestCountInt64MetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	runMetricExportTests(
 		t,
+		nil,
 		[]record{r, r},
 		[]metricpb.ResourceMetrics{
 			{
@@ -343,6 +345,7 @@ func TestCountFloat64MetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	runMetricExportTests(
 		t,
+		nil,
 		[]record{r, r},
 		[]metricpb.ResourceMetrics{
 			{
@@ -402,6 +405,7 @@ func TestCountFloat64MetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 func TestResourceMetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 	runMetricExportTests(
 		t,
+		nil,
 		[]record{
 			{
 				"int64-count",
@@ -519,6 +523,7 @@ func TestResourceInstLibMetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	runMetricExportTests(
 		t,
+		nil,
 		[]record{
 			{
 				"int64-count",
@@ -695,13 +700,78 @@ func TestResourceInstLibMetricGroupingExport(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+func TestStatelessExportKind(t *testing.T) {
+	type testcase struct {
+		name           string
+		instrumentKind otel.InstrumentKind
+		aggTemporality metricpb.AggregationTemporality
+		monotonic      bool
+	}
+
+	for _, k := range []testcase{
+		{"counter", otel.CounterInstrumentKind, metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA, true},
+		{"updowncounter", otel.UpDownCounterInstrumentKind, metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA, false},
+		{"sumobserver", otel.SumObserverInstrumentKind, metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_CUMULATIVE, true},
+		{"updownsumobserver", otel.UpDownSumObserverInstrumentKind, metricpb.AggregationTemporality_AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_CUMULATIVE, false},
+	} {
+		t.Run(k.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			runMetricExportTests(
+				t,
+				[]ExporterOption{
+					WithMetricExportKindSelector(
+						metricsdk.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
+					),
+				},
+				[]record{
+					{
+						"instrument",
+						k.instrumentKind,
+						otel.Int64NumberKind,
+						testInstA,
+						nil,
+						append(baseKeyValues, cpuKey.Int(1)),
+					},
+				},
+				[]metricpb.ResourceMetrics{
+					{
+						Resource: testerAResource,
+						InstrumentationLibraryMetrics: []*metricpb.InstrumentationLibraryMetrics{
+							{
+								Metrics: []*metricpb.Metric{
+									{
+										Name: "instrument",
+										Data: &metricpb.Metric_IntSum{
+											IntSum: &metricpb.IntSum{
+												IsMonotonic:            k.monotonic,
+												AggregationTemporality: k.aggTemporality,
+												DataPoints: []*metricpb.IntDataPoint{
+													{
+														Value:             11,
+														Labels:            cpu1Labels,
+														StartTimeUnixNano: startTime(),
+														TimeUnixNano:      pointTime(),
+													},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // What works single-threaded should work multi-threaded
-func runMetricExportTests(t *testing.T, rs []record, expected []metricpb.ResourceMetrics) {
+func runMetricExportTests(t *testing.T, opts []ExporterOption, rs []record, expected []metricpb.ResourceMetrics) {
 	t.Run("1 goroutine", func(t *testing.T) {
-		runMetricExportTest(t, NewUnstartedExporter(WorkerCount(1)), rs, expected)
+		runMetricExportTest(t, NewUnstartedExporter(append(opts[:len(opts):len(opts)], WorkerCount(1))...), rs, expected)
 	})
 	t.Run("20 goroutines", func(t *testing.T) {
-		runMetricExportTest(t, NewUnstartedExporter(WorkerCount(20)), rs, expected)
+		runMetricExportTest(t, NewUnstartedExporter(append(opts[:len(opts):len(opts)], WorkerCount(20))...), rs, expected)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -713,27 +783,41 @@ func runMetricExportTest(t *testing.T, exp *Exporter, rs []record, expected []me
 	recs := map[label.Distinct][]metricsdk.Record{}
 	resources := map[label.Distinct]*resource.Resource{}
 	for _, r := range rs {
+		lcopy := make([]label.KeyValue, len(r.labels))
+		copy(lcopy, r.labels)
 		desc := otel.NewDescriptor(r.name, r.iKind, r.nKind, r.opts...)
-		labs := label.NewSet(r.labels...)
+		labs := label.NewSet(lcopy...)
 
 		var agg, ckpt metricsdk.Aggregator
-		switch r.iKind {
-		case otel.CounterInstrumentKind:
+		if r.iKind.Adding() {
 			agg, ckpt = metrictest.Unslice2(sum.New(2))
-		default:
+		} else {
 			agg, ckpt = metrictest.Unslice2(histogram.New(2, &desc, testHistogramBoundaries))
 		}
 
 		ctx := context.Background()
-		switch r.nKind {
-		case otel.Int64NumberKind:
-			require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewInt64Number(1), &desc))
-			require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewInt64Number(10), &desc))
-		case otel.Float64NumberKind:
-			require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewFloat64Number(1), &desc))
-			require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewFloat64Number(10), &desc))
-		default:
-			t.Fatalf("invalid number kind: %v", r.nKind)
+		if r.iKind.Synchronous() {
+			// For synchronous instruments, perform two updates: 1 and 10
+			switch r.nKind {
+			case otel.Int64NumberKind:
+				require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewInt64Number(1), &desc))
+				require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewInt64Number(10), &desc))
+			case otel.Float64NumberKind:
+				require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewFloat64Number(1), &desc))
+				require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewFloat64Number(10), &desc))
+			default:
+				t.Fatalf("invalid number kind: %v", r.nKind)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// For asynchronous instruments, perform a single update: 11
+			switch r.nKind {
+			case otel.Int64NumberKind:
+				require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewInt64Number(11), &desc))
+			case otel.Float64NumberKind:
+				require.NoError(t, agg.Update(ctx, otel.NewFloat64Number(11), &desc))
+			default:
+				t.Fatalf("invalid number kind: %v", r.nKind)
+			}
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, agg.SynchronizedMove(ckpt, &desc))
 
@@ -787,14 +871,38 @@ func runMetricExportTest(t *testing.T, exp *Exporter, rs []record, expected []me
 				case *metricpb.Metric_IntGauge:
 					assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected.GetIntGauge().DataPoints, g[i].GetIntGauge().DataPoints)
 				case *metricpb.Metric_IntHistogram:
+					assert.Equal(t,
+						expected.GetIntHistogram().GetAggregationTemporality(),
+						g[i].GetIntHistogram().GetAggregationTemporality(),
+					)
 					assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected.GetIntHistogram().DataPoints, g[i].GetIntHistogram().DataPoints)
 				case *metricpb.Metric_IntSum:
+					assert.Equal(t,
+						expected.GetIntSum().GetAggregationTemporality(),
+						g[i].GetIntSum().GetAggregationTemporality(),
+					)
+					assert.Equal(t,
+						expected.GetIntSum().GetIsMonotonic(),
+						g[i].GetIntSum().GetIsMonotonic(),
+					)
 					assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected.GetIntSum().DataPoints, g[i].GetIntSum().DataPoints)
 				case *metricpb.Metric_DoubleGauge:
 					assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected.GetDoubleGauge().DataPoints, g[i].GetDoubleGauge().DataPoints)
 				case *metricpb.Metric_DoubleHistogram:
+					assert.Equal(t,
+						expected.GetDoubleHistogram().GetAggregationTemporality(),
+						g[i].GetDoubleHistogram().GetAggregationTemporality(),
+					)
 					assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected.GetDoubleHistogram().DataPoints, g[i].GetDoubleHistogram().DataPoints)
 				case *metricpb.Metric_DoubleSum:
+					assert.Equal(t,
+						expected.GetDoubleSum().GetAggregationTemporality(),
+						g[i].GetDoubleSum().GetAggregationTemporality(),
+					)
+					assert.Equal(t,
+						expected.GetDoubleSum().GetIsMonotonic(),
+						g[i].GetDoubleSum().GetIsMonotonic(),
+					)
 					assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected.GetDoubleSum().DataPoints, g[i].GetDoubleSum().DataPoints)
 				default:
 					assert.Failf(t, "unknown data type", g[i].Name)
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/metric.go b/exporters/stdout/metric.go
index 91f6876a209..a7c02c5aa35 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/metric.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/metric.go
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ type quantile struct {
 	Value    interface{} `json:"Value"`
 }
 
-func (e *metricExporter) ExportKindFor(*otel.Descriptor, aggregation.Kind) exportmetric.ExportKind {
-	return exportmetric.PassThroughExporter
+func (e *metricExporter) ExportKindFor(desc *otel.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) exportmetric.ExportKind {
+	return exportmetric.StatelessExportKindSelector().ExportKindFor(desc, kind)
 }
 
 func (e *metricExporter) Export(_ context.Context, checkpointSet exportmetric.CheckpointSet) error {
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_string.go b/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_string.go
index c2f8bcf8dff..a92c1c1f2de 100644
--- a/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_string.go
+++ b/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_string.go
@@ -8,28 +8,18 @@ func _() {
 	// An "invalid array index" compiler error signifies that the constant values have changed.
 	// Re-run the stringer command to generate them again.
 	var x [1]struct{}
-	_ = x[CumulativeExporter-1]
-	_ = x[DeltaExporter-2]
-	_ = x[PassThroughExporter-4]
+	_ = x[CumulativeExportKind-1]
+	_ = x[DeltaExportKind-2]
 }
 
-const (
-	_ExportKind_name_0 = "CumulativeExporterDeltaExporter"
-	_ExportKind_name_1 = "PassThroughExporter"
-)
+const _ExportKind_name = "CumulativeExportKindDeltaExportKind"
 
-var (
-	_ExportKind_index_0 = [...]uint8{0, 18, 31}
-)
+var _ExportKind_index = [...]uint8{0, 20, 35}
 
 func (i ExportKind) String() string {
-	switch {
-	case 1 <= i && i <= 2:
-		i -= 1
-		return _ExportKind_name_0[_ExportKind_index_0[i]:_ExportKind_index_0[i+1]]
-	case i == 4:
-		return _ExportKind_name_1
-	default:
-		return "ExportKind(" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(i), 10) + ")"
+	i -= 1
+	if i < 0 || i >= ExportKind(len(_ExportKind_index)-1) {
+		return "ExportKind(" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(i+1), 10) + ")"
 	}
+	return _ExportKind_name[_ExportKind_index[i]:_ExportKind_index[i+1]]
 }
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_test.go b/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_test.go
index 19ef5542ae4..030aff57547 100644
--- a/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_test.go
+++ b/sdk/export/metric/exportkind_test.go
@@ -23,18 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric/aggregation"
 )
 
-func TestExportKindIdentity(t *testing.T) {
-	akind := aggregation.Kind("Noop")
-
-	require.Equal(t, CumulativeExporter, CumulativeExporter.ExportKindFor(nil, akind))
-	require.Equal(t, DeltaExporter, DeltaExporter.ExportKindFor(nil, akind))
-	require.Equal(t, PassThroughExporter, PassThroughExporter.ExportKindFor(nil, akind))
-}
-
 func TestExportKindIncludes(t *testing.T) {
-	require.True(t, CumulativeExporter.Includes(CumulativeExporter))
-	require.True(t, DeltaExporter.Includes(CumulativeExporter|DeltaExporter))
-	require.False(t, DeltaExporter.Includes(PassThroughExporter|CumulativeExporter))
+	require.True(t, CumulativeExportKind.Includes(CumulativeExportKind))
+	require.True(t, DeltaExportKind.Includes(CumulativeExportKind|DeltaExportKind))
 }
 
 var deltaMemoryKinds = []otel.InstrumentKind{
@@ -51,14 +42,32 @@ var cumulativeMemoryKinds = []otel.InstrumentKind{
 
 func TestExportKindMemoryRequired(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, kind := range deltaMemoryKinds {
-		require.True(t, DeltaExporter.MemoryRequired(kind))
-		require.False(t, CumulativeExporter.MemoryRequired(kind))
-		require.False(t, PassThroughExporter.MemoryRequired(kind))
+		require.True(t, DeltaExportKind.MemoryRequired(kind))
+		require.False(t, CumulativeExportKind.MemoryRequired(kind))
 	}
 
 	for _, kind := range cumulativeMemoryKinds {
-		require.True(t, CumulativeExporter.MemoryRequired(kind))
-		require.False(t, DeltaExporter.MemoryRequired(kind))
-		require.False(t, PassThroughExporter.MemoryRequired(kind))
+		require.True(t, CumulativeExportKind.MemoryRequired(kind))
+		require.False(t, DeltaExportKind.MemoryRequired(kind))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExportKindSelectors(t *testing.T) {
+	ceks := CumulativeExportKindSelector()
+	deks := DeltaExportKindSelector()
+	seks := StatelessExportKindSelector()
+
+	for _, ikind := range append(deltaMemoryKinds, cumulativeMemoryKinds...) {
+		desc := otel.NewDescriptor("instrument", ikind, otel.Int64NumberKind)
+
+		var akind aggregation.Kind
+		if ikind.Adding() {
+			akind = aggregation.SumKind
+		} else {
+			akind = aggregation.HistogramKind
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, CumulativeExportKind, ceks.ExportKindFor(&desc, akind))
+		require.Equal(t, DeltaExportKind, deks.ExportKindFor(&desc, akind))
+		require.False(t, seks.ExportKindFor(&desc, akind).MemoryRequired(ikind))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sdk/export/metric/metric.go b/sdk/export/metric/metric.go
index 1f7fa5e5077..a89a19db449 100644
--- a/sdk/export/metric/metric.go
+++ b/sdk/export/metric/metric.go
@@ -358,18 +358,13 @@ func (r Record) EndTime() time.Time {
 type ExportKind int
 
 const (
-	// CumulativeExporter indicates that the Exporter expects a
+	// CumulativeExportKind indicates that an Exporter expects a
 	// Cumulative Aggregation.
-	CumulativeExporter ExportKind = 1 // e.g., Prometheus
+	CumulativeExportKind ExportKind = 1
 
-	// DeltaExporter indicates that the Exporter expects a
+	// DeltaExportKind indicates that an Exporter expects a
 	// Delta Aggregation.
-	DeltaExporter ExportKind = 2 // e.g., StatsD
-
-	// PassThroughExporter indicates that the Exporter expects
-	// either a Cumulative or a Delta Aggregation, whichever does
-	// not require maintaining state for the given instrument.
-	PassThroughExporter ExportKind = 4 // e.g., OTLP
+	DeltaExportKind ExportKind = 2
 )
 
 // Includes tests whether `kind` includes a specific kind of
@@ -378,11 +373,6 @@ func (kind ExportKind) Includes(has ExportKind) bool {
 	return kind&has != 0
 }
 
-// ExportKindFor returns a constant, as an implementation of ExportKindSelector.
-func (kind ExportKind) ExportKindFor(_ *otel.Descriptor, _ aggregation.Kind) ExportKind {
-	return kind
-}
-
 // MemoryRequired returns whether an exporter of this kind requires
 // memory to export correctly.
 func (kind ExportKind) MemoryRequired(mkind otel.InstrumentKind) bool {
@@ -390,14 +380,62 @@ func (kind ExportKind) MemoryRequired(mkind otel.InstrumentKind) bool {
 	case otel.ValueRecorderInstrumentKind, otel.ValueObserverInstrumentKind,
 		otel.CounterInstrumentKind, otel.UpDownCounterInstrumentKind:
 		// Delta-oriented instruments:
-		return kind.Includes(CumulativeExporter)
+		return kind.Includes(CumulativeExportKind)
 
 	case otel.SumObserverInstrumentKind, otel.UpDownSumObserverInstrumentKind:
 		// Cumulative-oriented instruments:
-		return kind.Includes(DeltaExporter)
+		return kind.Includes(DeltaExportKind)
 	}
 	// Something unexpected is happening--we could panic.  This
 	// will become an error when the exporter tries to access a
 	// checkpoint, presumably, so let it be.
 	return false
 }
+
+type (
+	constantExportKindSelector  ExportKind
+	statelessExportKindSelector struct{}
+)
+
+var (
+	_ ExportKindSelector = constantExportKindSelector(0)
+	_ ExportKindSelector = statelessExportKindSelector{}
+)
+
+// ConstantExportKindSelector returns an ExportKindSelector that returns
+// a constant ExportKind, one that is either always cumulative or always delta.
+func ConstantExportKindSelector(kind ExportKind) ExportKindSelector {
+	return constantExportKindSelector(kind)
+}
+
+// CumulativeExportKindSelector returns an ExportKindSelector that
+// always returns CumulativeExportKind.
+func CumulativeExportKindSelector() ExportKindSelector {
+	return ConstantExportKindSelector(CumulativeExportKind)
+}
+
+// DeltaExportKindSelector returns an ExportKindSelector that
+// always returns DeltaExportKind.
+func DeltaExportKindSelector() ExportKindSelector {
+	return ConstantExportKindSelector(DeltaExportKind)
+}
+
+// StatelessExportKindSelector returns an ExportKindSelector that
+// always returns the ExportKind that avoids long-term memory
+// requirements.
+func StatelessExportKindSelector() ExportKindSelector {
+	return statelessExportKindSelector{}
+}
+
+// ExportKindFor implements ExportKindSelector.
+func (c constantExportKindSelector) ExportKindFor(_ *otel.Descriptor, _ aggregation.Kind) ExportKind {
+	return ExportKind(c)
+}
+
+// ExportKindFor implements ExportKindSelector.
+func (s statelessExportKindSelector) ExportKindFor(desc *otel.Descriptor, kind aggregation.Kind) ExportKind {
+	if kind == aggregation.SumKind && desc.InstrumentKind().PrecomputedSum() {
+		return CumulativeExportKind
+	}
+	return DeltaExportKind
+}
diff --git a/sdk/metric/controller/pull/pull_test.go b/sdk/metric/controller/pull/pull_test.go
index a9502d673a6..f5d987e5785 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/controller/pull/pull_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/controller/pull/pull_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestPullNoCache(t *testing.T) {
 	puller := pull.New(
 		basic.New(
 			selector.NewWithExactDistribution(),
-			export.CumulativeExporter,
+			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
 			basic.WithMemory(true),
 		),
 		pull.WithCachePeriod(0),
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestPullNoCache(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records := processortest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExporter, records.AddRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 10,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestPullNoCache(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records = processortest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExporter, records.AddRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 20,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestPullWithCache(t *testing.T) {
 	puller := pull.New(
 		basic.New(
 			selector.NewWithExactDistribution(),
-			export.CumulativeExporter,
+			export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
 			basic.WithMemory(true),
 		),
 		pull.WithCachePeriod(time.Second),
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestPullWithCache(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records := processortest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExporter, records.AddRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 10,
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestPullWithCache(t *testing.T) {
 	// Cached value!
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records = processortest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExporter, records.AddRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 10,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestPullWithCache(t *testing.T) {
 	// Re-computed value!
 	require.NoError(t, puller.Collect(ctx))
 	records = processortest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExporter, records.AddRecord))
+	require.NoError(t, puller.ForEach(export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(), records.AddRecord))
 
 	require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 		"counter.sum/A=B/": 20,
diff --git a/sdk/metric/controller/push/push_test.go b/sdk/metric/controller/push/push_test.go
index ddb325a7bf3..879d794481a 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/controller/push/push_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/controller/push/push_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func newExporter() *processorTest.Exporter {
 	return processorTest.NewExporter(
-		export.PassThroughExporter,
+		export.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
 		label.DefaultEncoder(),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic.go b/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic.go
index 120830a3c60..9d1eba2ebdc 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var _ export.Processor = &Processor{}
 var _ export.Checkpointer = &Processor{}
 var _ export.CheckpointSet = &state{}
 var ErrInconsistentState = fmt.Errorf("inconsistent processor state")
-var ErrInvalidExporterKind = fmt.Errorf("invalid exporter kind")
+var ErrInvalidExportKind = fmt.Errorf("invalid export kind")
 
 // New returns a basic Processor that is also a Checkpointer using the provided
 // AggregatorSelector to select Aggregators.  The ExportKindSelector
@@ -338,17 +338,7 @@ func (b *state) ForEach(exporter export.ExportKindSelector, f func(export.Record
 
 		ekind := exporter.ExportKindFor(key.descriptor, value.current.Aggregation().Kind())
 		switch ekind {
-		case export.PassThroughExporter:
-			// No state is required, pass through the checkpointed value.
-			agg = value.current.Aggregation()
-
-			if mkind.PrecomputedSum() {
-				start = b.processStart
-			} else {
-				start = b.intervalStart
-			}
-
-		case export.CumulativeExporter:
+		case export.CumulativeExportKind:
 			// If stateful, the sum has been computed.  If stateless, the
 			// input was already cumulative.  Either way, use the checkpointed
 			// value:
@@ -359,7 +349,7 @@ func (b *state) ForEach(exporter export.ExportKindSelector, f func(export.Record
 			}
 			start = b.processStart
 
-		case export.DeltaExporter:
+		case export.DeltaExportKind:
 			// Precomputed sums are a special case.
 			if mkind.PrecomputedSum() {
 				agg = value.delta.Aggregation()
@@ -369,7 +359,7 @@ func (b *state) ForEach(exporter export.ExportKindSelector, f func(export.Record
 			start = b.intervalStart
 
 		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", ekind, ErrInvalidExporterKind)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", ekind, ErrInvalidExportKind)
 		}
 
 		if err := f(export.NewRecord(
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go b/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go
index 71e9d3870d4..42c94a4412f 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/basic/basic_test.go
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ func TestProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range []exportCase{
-		{kind: export.PassThroughExporter},
-		{kind: export.CumulativeExporter},
-		{kind: export.DeltaExporter},
+		{kind: export.CumulativeExportKind},
+		{kind: export.DeltaExportKind},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.kind.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, ic := range []instrumentCase{
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 	labs2 := []label.KeyValue{label.String("L2", "V")}
 
 	testBody := func(t *testing.T, hasMemory bool, nAccum, nCheckpoint int) {
-		processor := basic.New(selector, ekind, basic.WithMemory(hasMemory))
+		processor := basic.New(selector, export.ConstantExportKindSelector(ekind), basic.WithMemory(hasMemory))
 
 		instSuffix := fmt.Sprint(".", strings.ToLower(akind.String()))
 
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 				_, canSub := subr.(export.Subtractor)
 
 				// Allow unsupported subraction case only when it is called for.
-				require.True(t, mkind.PrecomputedSum() && ekind == export.DeltaExporter && !canSub)
+				require.True(t, mkind.PrecomputedSum() && ekind == export.DeltaExportKind && !canSub)
 				return
 			} else if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal("unexpected FinishCollection error: ", err)
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 
 				// Test the final checkpoint state.
 				records1 := processorTest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-				err = checkpointSet.ForEach(ekind, records1.AddRecord)
+				err = checkpointSet.ForEach(export.ConstantExportKindSelector(ekind), records1.AddRecord)
 
 				// Test for an allowed error:
 				if err != nil && err != aggregation.ErrNoSubtraction {
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 					// number of Accumulators, unless LastValue aggregation.
 					// If a precomputed sum, we expect cumulative inputs.
 					if mkind.PrecomputedSum() {
-						if ekind == export.DeltaExporter && akind != aggregation.LastValueKind {
+						if ekind == export.DeltaExportKind && akind != aggregation.LastValueKind {
 							multiplier = int64(nAccum)
 						} else if akind == aggregation.LastValueKind {
 							multiplier = cumulativeMultiplier
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 							multiplier = cumulativeMultiplier * int64(nAccum)
 						}
 					} else {
-						if ekind == export.CumulativeExporter && akind != aggregation.LastValueKind {
+						if ekind == export.CumulativeExportKind && akind != aggregation.LastValueKind {
 							multiplier = cumulativeMultiplier * int64(nAccum)
 						} else if akind == aggregation.LastValueKind {
 							multiplier = 1
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ func testProcessor(
 					// Synchronous accumulate results from multiple accumulators,
 					// use that number as the baseline multiplier.
 					multiplier = int64(nAccum)
-					if ekind == export.CumulativeExporter {
+					if ekind == export.CumulativeExportKind {
 						// If a cumulative exporter, include prior checkpoints.
 						multiplier *= cumulativeMultiplier
 					}
@@ -268,39 +267,39 @@ func (bogusExporter) Export(context.Context, export.CheckpointSet) error {
 
 func TestBasicInconsistent(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test double-start
-	b := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.PassThroughExporter)
+	b := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
 
 	b.StartCollection()
 	b.StartCollection()
 	require.Equal(t, basic.ErrInconsistentState, b.FinishCollection())
 
 	// Test finish without start
-	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.PassThroughExporter)
+	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
 
 	require.Equal(t, basic.ErrInconsistentState, b.FinishCollection())
 
 	// Test no finish
-	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.PassThroughExporter)
+	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
 
 	b.StartCollection()
 	require.Equal(
 		t,
 		basic.ErrInconsistentState,
 		b.ForEach(
-			export.PassThroughExporter,
+			export.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
 			func(export.Record) error { return nil },
 		),
 	)
 
 	// Test no start
-	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.PassThroughExporter)
+	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
 
 	desc := otel.NewDescriptor("inst", otel.CounterInstrumentKind, otel.Int64NumberKind)
 	accum := export.NewAccumulation(&desc, label.EmptySet(), resource.Empty(), metrictest.NoopAggregator{})
 	require.Equal(t, basic.ErrInconsistentState, b.Process(accum))
 
 	// Test invalid kind:
-	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.PassThroughExporter)
+	b = basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
 	b.StartCollection()
 	require.NoError(t, b.Process(accum))
 	require.NoError(t, b.FinishCollection())
@@ -309,13 +308,13 @@ func TestBasicInconsistent(t *testing.T) {
 		bogusExporter{},
 		func(export.Record) error { return nil },
 	)
-	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, basic.ErrInvalidExporterKind))
+	require.True(t, errors.Is(err, basic.ErrInvalidExportKind))
 
 }
 
 func TestBasicTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 	beforeNew := time.Now()
-	b := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.PassThroughExporter)
+	b := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.StatelessExportKindSelector())
 	afterNew := time.Now()
 
 	desc := otel.NewDescriptor("inst", otel.CounterInstrumentKind, otel.Int64NumberKind)
@@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ func TestBasicTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var start1, end1 time.Time
 
-	require.NoError(t, b.ForEach(export.PassThroughExporter, func(rec export.Record) error {
+	require.NoError(t, b.ForEach(export.StatelessExportKindSelector(), func(rec export.Record) error {
 		start1 = rec.StartTime()
 		end1 = rec.EndTime()
 		return nil
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ func TestBasicTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 
 		var start2, end2 time.Time
 
-		require.NoError(t, b.ForEach(export.PassThroughExporter, func(rec export.Record) error {
+		require.NoError(t, b.ForEach(export.StatelessExportKindSelector(), func(rec export.Record) error {
 			start2 = rec.StartTime()
 			end2 = rec.EndTime()
 			return nil
@@ -362,12 +361,12 @@ func TestBasicTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestStatefulNoMemoryCumulative(t *testing.T) {
 	res := resource.NewWithAttributes(label.String("R", "V"))
-	ekind := export.CumulativeExporter
+	ekindSel := export.CumulativeExportKindSelector()
 
 	desc := otel.NewDescriptor("inst.sum", otel.CounterInstrumentKind, otel.Int64NumberKind)
 	selector := processorTest.AggregatorSelector()
 
-	processor := basic.New(selector, ekind, basic.WithMemory(false))
+	processor := basic.New(selector, ekindSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
 	checkpointSet := processor.CheckpointSet()
 
 	for i := 1; i < 3; i++ {
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryCumulative(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Verify zero elements
 		records := processorTest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-		require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekind, records.AddRecord))
+		require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
 		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{}, records.Map())
 
 		// Add 10
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryCumulative(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Verify one element
 		records = processorTest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-		require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekind, records.AddRecord))
+		require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
 		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 			"inst.sum/A=B/R=V": float64(i * 10),
 		}, records.Map())
@@ -396,12 +395,12 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryCumulative(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestStatefulNoMemoryDelta(t *testing.T) {
 	res := resource.NewWithAttributes(label.String("R", "V"))
-	ekind := export.DeltaExporter
+	ekindSel := export.DeltaExportKindSelector()
 
 	desc := otel.NewDescriptor("inst.sum", otel.SumObserverInstrumentKind, otel.Int64NumberKind)
 	selector := processorTest.AggregatorSelector()
 
-	processor := basic.New(selector, ekind, basic.WithMemory(false))
+	processor := basic.New(selector, ekindSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
 	checkpointSet := processor.CheckpointSet()
 
 	for i := 1; i < 3; i++ {
@@ -411,7 +410,7 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryDelta(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Verify zero elements
 		records := processorTest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-		require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekind, records.AddRecord))
+		require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
 		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{}, records.Map())
 
 		// Add 10
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryDelta(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Verify one element
 		records = processorTest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-		require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekind, records.AddRecord))
+		require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
 		require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 			"inst.sum/A=B/R=V": 10,
 		}, records.Map())
@@ -429,17 +428,16 @@ func TestStatefulNoMemoryDelta(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMultiObserverSum(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, ekind := range []export.ExportKind{
-		export.PassThroughExporter,
-		export.CumulativeExporter,
-		export.DeltaExporter,
+	for _, ekindSel := range []export.ExportKindSelector{
+		export.CumulativeExportKindSelector(),
+		export.DeltaExportKindSelector(),
 	} {
 
 		res := resource.NewWithAttributes(label.String("R", "V"))
 		desc := otel.NewDescriptor("observe.sum", otel.SumObserverInstrumentKind, otel.Int64NumberKind)
 		selector := processorTest.AggregatorSelector()
 
-		processor := basic.New(selector, ekind, basic.WithMemory(false))
+		processor := basic.New(selector, ekindSel, basic.WithMemory(false))
 		checkpointSet := processor.CheckpointSet()
 
 		for i := 1; i < 3; i++ {
@@ -452,13 +450,13 @@ func TestMultiObserverSum(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Multiplier is 1 for deltas, otherwise i.
 			multiplier := i
-			if ekind == export.DeltaExporter {
+			if ekindSel.ExportKindFor(&desc, aggregation.SumKind) == export.DeltaExportKind {
 				multiplier = 1
 			}
 
 			// Verify one element
 			records := processorTest.NewOutput(label.DefaultEncoder())
-			require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekind, records.AddRecord))
+			require.NoError(t, checkpointSet.ForEach(ekindSel, records.AddRecord))
 			require.EqualValues(t, map[string]float64{
 				"observe.sum/A=B/R=V": float64(3 * 10 * multiplier),
 			}, records.Map())
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test.go b/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test.go
index 5ee33f75db6..642bdee0248 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func (o *Output) AddRecord(rec export.Record) error {
 // is chosen, whichever is implemented by the underlying Aggregator.
 func (o *Output) Map() map[string]float64 {
 	r := make(map[string]float64)
-	err := o.ForEach(export.PassThroughExporter, func(record export.Record) error {
+	err := o.ForEach(export.StatelessExportKindSelector(), func(record export.Record) error {
 		for key, value := range o.m {
 			encoded := value.labels.Encoded(o.labelEncoder)
 			rencoded := value.resource.Encoded(o.labelEncoder)
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test_test.go b/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test_test.go
index d7ab2eee872..32b4a09e406 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/processortest/test_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestProcessorTesting(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Export the data and validate it again.
 	exporter := processorTest.NewExporter(
-		export.PassThroughExporter,
+		export.StatelessExportKindSelector(),
 		label.DefaultEncoder(),
 	)
 
diff --git a/sdk/metric/processor/reducer/reducer_test.go b/sdk/metric/processor/reducer/reducer_test.go
index 6c0a87301d2..4f60097d901 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/processor/reducer/reducer_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/processor/reducer/reducer_test.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestFilterProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Test a filter with the ../basic Processor.
 func TestFilterBasicProcessor(t *testing.T) {
-	basicProc := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.CumulativeExporter)
+	basicProc := basic.New(processorTest.AggregatorSelector(), export.CumulativeExportKindSelector())
 	accum := metricsdk.NewAccumulator(
 		reducer.New(testFilter{}, basicProc),
 		resource.NewWithAttributes(label.String("R", "V")),