STATE EXPORT MARKETS RANKED BY 2000 DOLLAR VALUE (Thousands of Dollars) 2000 % Change % Change STATE Rank Market 1997 1998 1999 2000 1999-2000 1997-2000 _____________ ____ ________________________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ Louisiana 1 CANADA 663,112 735,942 744,983 780,005 4.7 17.6 2 JAPAN 974,225 792,949 746,132 697,159 -6.6 -28.4 3 MEXICO 132,572 196,146 246,231 305,791 24.2 130.7 4 INDONESIA 39,713 18,856 24,258 227,743 838.8 473.5 5 TAIWAN 173,447 172,402 189,336 151,292 -20.1 -12.8 6 CHINA 92,292 173,990 91,677 120,753 31.7 30.8 7 KOREA, SOUTH 127,014 126,003 155,949 111,182 -28.7 -12.5 8 BELGIUM 187,611 124,658 96,303 110,231 14.5 -41.2 9 UNITED KINGDOM 97,888 108,811 96,007 100,591 4.8 2.8 10 NETHERLANDS 180,020 141,754 102,276 95,263 -6.9 -47.1 11 FED. REP. OF GERMANY 90,096 71,324 67,426 77,240 14.6 -14.3 12 BRAZIL 70,228 60,164 58,990 72,202 22.4 2.8 13 JAMAICA 70,143 74,332 56,337 66,801 18.6 -4.8 14 VENEZUELA 87,026 93,765 60,397 60,422 .0 -30.6 15 SAUDI ARABIA 138,235 114,572 111,004 60,353 -45.6 -56.3 16 EGYPT 25,879 24,339 58,142 58,686 .9 126.8 17 FRANCE 65,052 44,107 28,192 48,642 72.5 -25.2 18 AUSTRALIA 72,841 43,541 50,842 46,651 -8.2 -36.0 19 SINGAPORE 45,619 48,776 43,889 43,958 .2 -3.6 20 NORWAY 32,216 28,138 50,659 42,211 -16.7 31.0 21 SURINAME 50,807 68,087 48,344 38,387 -20.6 -24.4 22 ITALY 53,254 44,809 29,173 35,884 23.0 -32.6 23 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 41,860 32,183 37,924 26,929 -29.0 -35.7 24 SOUTH AFRICA 21,713 17,116 31,118 26,410 -15.1 21.6 25 RUSSIA 20,490 20,803 11,083 26,102 135.5 27.4 26 ISRAEL 25,598 31,396 35,577 25,302 -28.9 -1.2 27 GHANA 20,768 13,104 19,398 21,571 11.2 3.9 28 SPAIN 105,610 125,499 72,305 20,536 -71.6 -80.6 29 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 18,868 12,883 29,312 16,684 -43.1 -11.6 30 PHILIPPINES 10,630 3,902 23,967 15,380 -35.8 44.7 31 ARGENTINA 34,395 45,202 28,959 14,222 -50.9 -58.7 32 NIGERIA 24,698 20,362 30,889 13,716 -55.6 -44.5 33 INDIA 19,963 13,560 12,839 13,446 4.7 -32.6 34 HONDURAS 19,664 35,507 37,809 13,355 -64.7 -32.1 35 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 42,620 63,489 22,182 12,936 -41.7 -69.6 36 ALGERIA 5,503 7,196 8,754 12,268 40.1 122.9 37 HONG KONG 27,705 27,053 19,771 11,844 -40.1 -57.3 38 DENMARK 5,810 5,237 6,358 11,788 85.4 102.9 39 SYRIA 130 76 1,445 11,553 699.5 8,816.8 40 COLOMBIA 37,906 18,423 14,911 10,370 -30.4 -72.6 41 GUATEMALA 19,897 18,315 15,174 10,196 -32.8 -48.8 42 SWITZERLAND 3,597 4,980 8,935 10,011 12.0 178.3 43 CHILE 41,645 20,902 10,839 9,829 -9.3 -76.4 44 PANAMA 14,133 15,230 14,048 9,635 -31.4 -31.8 45 THAILAND 21,929 21,856 44,020 9,476 -78.5 -56.8 46 MALAYSIA 55,861 13,073 21,656 8,754 -59.6 -84.3 47 ANGOLA 7,182 11,414 5,893 8,651 46.8 20.5 48 TURKEY 13,317 25,672 38,429 8,563 -77.7 -35.7 49 COSTA RICA 15,540 14,271 14,036 8,415 -40.0 -45.8 50 EL SALVADOR 15,288 11,300 15,879 6,722 -57.7 -56.0 51 SRI LANKA 470 5,903 49 5,624 11,306.3 1,095.6 52 CAMEROON 2,142 567 442 5,308 1,100.2 147.8 53 BAHAMAS 5,136 3,791 3,831 5,075 32.5 -1.2 54 GREECE 9,791 10,492 3,532 4,705 33.2 -51.9 55 SWEDEN 26,442 13,139 7,449 4,508 -39.5 -83.0 56 IRAN 0 0 0 4,406 . . 57 MOROCCO 2,855 17,977 13,181 4,168 -68.4 46.0 58 OMAN 3,912 7,233 5,054 3,702 -26.8 -5.4 59 GUYANA 3,534 1,514 745 3,590 381.5 1.6 60 BELIZE 2,988 2,660 3,636 3,459 -4.9 15.8 61 NEW ZEALAND 9,739 7,042 8,541 3,433 -59.8 -64.8 62 LEBANON 2,715 6,909 5,718 3,416 -40.3 25.8 63 KUWAIT 3,225 5,112 3,550 3,264 -8.0 1.2 64 LATVIA 326 477 2,730 2,849 4.4 772.8 65 FINLAND 6,754 10,398 7,993 2,562 -68.0 -62.1 66 NICARAGUA 2,035 3,147 2,764 2,442 -11.6 20.0 67 IRELAND 6,913 5,234 3,744 2,317 -38.1 -66.5 68 JORDAN 3,832 1,781 5,608 2,255 -59.8 -41.2 69 BANGLADESH 11,731 77 139 2,223 1,503.9 -81.0 70 HAITI 1,212 3,497 4,068 2,203 -45.8 81.8 71 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 4,470 203,250 1,769 2,104 18.9 -52.9 72 ECUADOR 4,277 4,748 2,806 1,909 -32.0 -55.4 73 BOLIVIA 2,328 1,872 1,216 1,740 43.1 -25.3 74 QATAR 4,576 13,715 1,181 1,696 43.7 -62.9 75 REPUBLIC OF YEMEN 1,099 3,170 2,401 1,600 -33.4 45.6 76 PERU 23,306 15,001 7,572 1,513 -80.0 -93.5 77 ARUBA 1,495 1,438 882 1,474 67.0 -1.4 78 VIETNAM 892 1,011 333 1,471 341.2 64.9 79 GABON 1,175 1,156 347 1,345 287.9 14.4 80 POLAND 4,334 6,146 1,344 1,200 -10.7 -72.3 81 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 0 24 103 1,161 1,028.1 . 82 ROMANIA 1,220 855 3,892 1,145 -70.6 -6.2 83 PAKISTAN 1,935 13,857 1,196 1,088 -9.0 -43.8 84 BAHRAIN 2,465 2,184 1,084 1,022 -5.8 -58.5 85 URUGUAY 3,336 3,620 2,780 957 -65.6 -71.3 86 MOZAMBIQUE 0 23 65 888 1,268.3 . 87 ANGUILLA 456 392 363 846 132.9 85.8 88 GUADELOUPE 882 402 460 814 76.8 -7.7 89 SWAZILAND 135 3 224 805 259.6 497.9 90 GEORGIA 38 2,790 535 788 47.4 1,949.1 91 TURKS & CAICOS IS. 6 98 423 778 84.0 13,693.7 92 KENYA 400 6,937 791 766 -3.2 91.7 93 AUSTRIA 4,621 4,193 2,199 742 -66.3 -83.9 94 PORTUGAL 1,532 1,676 1,436 728 -49.3 -52.5 95 MARTINIQUE 655 437 2,003 704 -64.9 7.3 96 CZECH REPUBLIC 1,094 859 293 656 123.8 -40.0 97 TANZANIA 309 75 289 636 119.8 105.9 98 ETHIOPIA 4,890 2,703 701 617 -12.0 -87.4 99 CAYMAN ISLANDS 382 665 741 583 -21.3 52.7 100 LIBERIA 73 71 148 576 289.5 692.4 101 BARBADOS 1,786 738 987 560 -43.2 -68.6 102 KAZAKHSTAN 15 46 57 492 761.2 3,241.6 103 MAURITIUS 234 416 239 482 101.3 106.2 104 ST. LUCIA 226 202 289 471 63.3 108.3 105 SLOVENIA 653 361 3,172 462 -85.4 -29.4 106 AZERBAIJAN 63 7,887 198 432 117.9 589.4 107 ICELAND 385 464 243 426 75.1 10.8 108 GUINEA 302 245 311 397 27.8 31.6 109 CYPRUS 2,210 2,722 410 397 -3.2 -82.1 110 BERMUDA 204 305 703 358 -49.1 75.6 111 CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 395 918 546 346 -36.6 -12.3 112 BURKINA 17 0 36 318 784.7 1,723.3 113 IVORY COAST 1,748 1,851 1,053 317 -69.9 -81.9 114 BOTSWANA 34 192 81 286 255.4 734.0 115 FRENCH GUIANA 559 380 287 277 -3.4 -50.5 116 ZAMBIA 446 39 347 275 -20.7 -38.3 117 ZIMBABWE 1,740 106 175 273 56.5 -84.3 118 MALI 0 54 126 271 114.6 . 119 BRUNEI 89 25 15 238 1,472.6 167.7 120 MALTA 225 379 12,727 181 -98.6 -19.4 121 UGANDA 179 55 40 156 287.1 -13.1 122 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 195 376 146 153 4.7 -21.4 123 LUXEMBOURG 204 4 876 138 -84.2 -32.4 124 HUNGARY 153 207 1,024 131 -87.2 -14.3 125 UKRAINE 143 1,887 64 117 83.3 -18.4 126 PARAGUAY 1,033 668 567 112 -80.3 -89.2 127 MOLDOVA 0 0 0 99 . . 128 DOMINICA 298 136 135 96 -28.7 -67.8 129 SENEGAL 2,361 2,397 913 86 -90.6 -96.4 130 SLOVAKIA 104 227 75 85 14.6 -18.0 131 TOGO 28 89 127 83 -34.8 190.9 132 NEW CALEDONIA 741 771 516 76 -85.2 -89.7 133 TUNISIA 2,047 4,906 2,824 71 -97.5 -96.5 134 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 67 93 307 70 -77.1 5.5 135 ST. VINCENT AND THE 257 100 206 69 -66.3 -73.1 GRENADINES 136 NEPAL 13 0 439 67 -84.7 415.0 137 TOKELAU 0 0 7 65 774.8 . 138 GAMBIA 113 76 29 65 126.2 -42.7 139 BULGARIA 5 166 15 63 316.6 1,213.4 140 DJIBOUTI 285 121 144 61 -57.3 -78.5 141 SIERRA LEONE 20 17 0 53 . 159.7 142 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2,037 94 123 49 -60.4 -97.6 143 CROATIA 31 390 226 44 -80.6 39.5 144 ERITREA 126 596 92 41 -55.1 -67.2 145 MALDIVES 0 0 83 38 -53.8 . 146 COMOROS 0 0 0 38 . . 147 GRENADA 39 4 99 33 -67.0 -15.4 148 FRENCH POLYNESIA 27 27 10 31 201.9 18.3 149 YUGOSLAVIA 4,062 11 60 30 -50.0 -99.3 150 NIGER 91 0 17 29 67.3 -68.2 151 MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 0 0 24 . . 152 LAOS 21 0 0 20 . -9.2 153 BRITISH VIRGIN IS. 45 19 12 19 54.5 -59.1 154 BENIN 13 131 316 16 -94.9 21.0 155 CONGO (KINSHASA) 351 37 71 16 -78.0 -95.5 156 KYRGYZSTAN 0 0 0 14 . . 157 SEYCHELLES 490 77 984 11 -98.9 -97.8 158 MALAWI 26 59 0 9 . -67.4 159 COOK ISLANDS 0 0 0 8 . . 160 LITHUANIA 1,694 122 882 8 -99.1 -99.5 161 MACAO 280 65 238 7 -96.9 -97.3 162 ANDORRA 0 25 27 7 -72.0 . 163 MONTSERRAT 82 0 0 6 . -92.1 164 ALBANIA 3 6 95 6 -93.9 82.2 165 NAMIBIA 958 631 131 3 -97.5 -99.7 166 BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA 0 48 124 3 -97.6 . 167 AFGHANISTAN 0 4 611 0 -100.0 . 167 ARMENIA 30 0 0 0 . -100.0 167 BELARUS 40 45 0 0 . -100.0 167 BURMA (MYANMAR) 9 0 0 0 . -100.0 167 BURUNDI 0 0 12 0 -100.0 . 167 CAMBODIA 0 3 0 0 . . 167 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 6 12 23 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 CHAD 0 154 0 0 . . 167 ESTONIA 37 1,265 26 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 FAROE ISLANDS 23 68 68 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 FEDERATED STATES OF 0 11 0 0 . . MICRONESIA 167 FIJI 11 175 4 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 GIBRALTAR 6 33 11 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 GREENLAND 42 0 0 0 . -100.0 167 GUINEA-BISSAU 26 0 23 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 MACEDONIA (SKOPJE) 0 0 21 0 -100.0 . 167 MADAGASCAR 2,132 0 11 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 MAURITANIA 0 0 17 0 -100.0 . 167 MONACO 9 0 9 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 NAURU 0 5 0 0 . . 167 RWANDA 21 0 0 0 . -100.0 167 SAN MARINO 26 68 0 0 . -100.0 167 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 56 0 0 . . 167 SUDAN 1,365 0 14 0 -100.0 -100.0 167 SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN IS. 0 10 0 0 . . 167 TONGA 0 145 0 0 . . 167 TURKMENISTAN 0 11 0 0 . . 167 UZBEKISTAN 0 8 0 0 . . 167 VANUATU 0 30 0 0 . . 167 WESTERN SAMOA 12 8 0 0 . -100.0 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau