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 _____________ ____ ________________________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ Minnesota 1 CANADA 3,190,154 3,389,537 3,443,408 3,773,937 9.6 18.3 2 JAPAN 1,089,849 822,278 894,711 1,380,762 54.3 26.7 3 MEXICO 822,767 870,405 974,077 1,290,503 32.5 56.8 4 NETHERLANDS 846,163 758,480 641,174 910,327 42.0 7.6 5 UNITED KINGDOM 703,781 638,816 688,434 846,942 23.0 20.3 6 FED. REP. OF GERMANY 593,408 577,769 550,244 748,599 36.0 26.2 7 SINGAPORE 245,378 317,698 295,808 595,395 101.3 142.6 8 KOREA, SOUTH 268,372 301,323 570,200 575,999 1.0 114.6 9 CHINA 233,794 315,514 322,801 569,822 76.5 143.7 10 FRANCE 362,854 420,799 400,632 541,380 35.1 49.2 11 IRELAND 265,646 265,590 404,967 541,048 33.6 103.7 12 TAIWAN 257,057 269,034 364,201 530,136 45.6 106.2 13 THAILAND 226,796 114,001 261,841 363,030 38.6 60.1 14 MALAYSIA 82,519 121,750 124,258 358,703 188.7 334.7 15 SPAIN 432,866 367,822 309,229 338,605 9.5 -21.8 16 HONG KONG 255,358 365,438 339,579 323,489 -4.7 26.7 17 ITALY 236,302 234,351 246,725 313,045 26.9 32.5 18 BELGIUM 173,406 218,927 174,614 282,430 61.7 62.9 19 PHILIPPINES 222,127 305,954 340,281 269,756 -20.7 21.4 20 AUSTRALIA 203,273 199,350 197,340 242,273 22.8 19.2 21 EGYPT 376,179 381,633 419,506 223,180 -46.8 -40.7 22 SWITZERLAND 71,335 72,541 95,262 199,486 109.4 179.6 23 BRAZIL 118,273 139,499 85,488 164,366 92.3 39.0 24 ISRAEL 155,833 71,477 133,580 142,838 6.9 -8.3 25 INDONESIA 146,490 51,518 125,799 132,996 5.7 -9.2 26 TURKEY 175,775 132,634 144,981 123,087 -15.1 -30.0 27 VENEZUELA 98,421 72,092 70,977 85,889 21.0 -12.7 28 PORTUGAL 172,785 95,299 105,612 84,112 -20.4 -51.3 29 DENMARK 55,937 54,427 58,297 79,219 35.9 41.6 30 SWEDEN 64,530 65,061 71,107 77,022 8.3 19.4 31 SAUDI ARABIA 67,525 50,905 63,959 74,783 16.9 10.7 32 UNIDENTIFIED COUNTRIES 99,648 111,945 123,879 74,678 -39.7 -25.1 33 ALGERIA 86,208 44,863 54,549 74,471 36.5 -13.6 34 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 36,344 38,075 38,489 68,686 78.5 89.0 35 CHILE 54,937 55,604 86,429 67,166 -22.3 22.3 36 SOUTH AFRICA 70,097 55,267 75,605 63,962 -15.4 -8.8 37 MOROCCO 90,871 56,823 64,332 60,688 -5.7 -33.2 38 COLOMBIA 58,943 58,574 53,975 54,566 1.1 -7.4 39 HONDURAS 60,065 60,864 30,063 43,112 43.4 -28.2 40 NORWAY 41,073 39,637 36,513 42,327 15.9 3.1 41 NIGERIA 18,811 12,732 39,372 41,463 5.3 120.4 42 TUNISIA 62,460 14,625 42,885 41,313 -3.7 -33.9 43 ARGENTINA 89,164 56,045 40,823 38,585 -5.5 -56.7 44 FINLAND 60,752 43,089 36,942 34,804 -5.8 -42.7 45 INDIA 31,270 30,232 29,908 34,120 14.1 9.1 46 NEW ZEALAND 25,256 19,206 17,854 33,933 90.1 34.4 47 PERU 26,344 43,529 40,619 33,772 -16.9 28.2 48 ECUADOR 27,271 41,960 39,055 32,014 -18.0 17.4 49 PANAMA 28,460 37,259 36,850 31,032 -15.8 9.0 50 TURKMENISTAN 267 100 8 30,393 371,316.0 11,280.9 51 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 18,815 29,727 30,813 28,468 -7.6 51.3 52 JAMAICA 6,343 6,122 17,174 26,647 55.2 320.1 53 GUATEMALA 29,269 25,072 25,916 26,021 .4 -11.1 54 AUSTRIA 25,559 24,589 26,961 25,055 -7.1 -2.0 55 COSTA RICA 70,254 72,502 29,740 20,202 -32.1 -71.2 56 JORDAN 7,812 30,093 34,384 19,002 -44.7 143.2 57 SYRIA 37,538 27,013 41,330 18,644 -54.9 -50.3 58 RUSSIA 24,095 13,331 21,813 17,720 -18.8 -26.5 59 EL SALVADOR 22,222 20,067 19,357 15,197 -21.5 -31.6 60 CZECH REPUBLIC 8,102 10,095 10,965 13,560 23.7 67.4 61 GREECE 30,557 19,217 16,951 13,254 -21.8 -56.6 62 SRI LANKA 1,410 32,459 13,505 12,296 -9.0 772.1 63 CYPRUS 17,618 5,793 9,921 12,160 22.6 -31.0 64 HAITI 3,182 7,025 14,604 11,758 -19.5 269.5 65 NICARAGUA 321 8,904 2,370 11,426 382.2 3,455.1 66 SLOVENIA 19,512 9,769 8,688 11,376 30.9 -41.7 67 VIETNAM 4,603 8,317 5,003 11,102 121.9 141.2 68 REPUBLIC OF YEMEN 4,850 618 15,021 11,004 -26.7 126.9 69 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 4,962 8,607 23,756 10,421 -56.1 110.0 70 LEBANON 41,769 17,349 21,547 10,254 -52.4 -75.5 71 IRAN 0 0 24,935 10,089 -59.5 . 72 POLAND 14,761 13,701 14,030 9,444 -32.7 -36.0 73 ICELAND 6,992 8,351 9,325 8,758 -6.1 25.3 74 ST. VINCENT AND THE 11,919 9,976 6,896 5,826 -15.5 -51.1 GRENADINES 75 URUGUAY 7,286 6,387 5,089 5,583 9.7 -23.4 76 CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 1,233 2,332 1,890 5,004 164.7 305.7 77 KUWAIT 8,561 15,203 19,557 4,603 -76.5 -46.2 78 HUNGARY 9,088 6,934 6,019 4,453 -26.0 -51.0 79 LIBYA 0 0 0 3,994 . . 80 GRENADA 67 91 1,223 3,549 190.2 5,171.6 81 GUYANA 5,986 3,271 1,903 3,533 85.6 -41.0 82 SUDAN 1,482 0 0 3,495 . 135.9 83 BAHAMAS 3,574 1,656 2,142 3,419 59.6 -4.3 84 PAKISTAN 42,013 24,451 25,111 3,195 -87.3 -92.4 85 MOZAMBIQUE 3,840 5,918 911 2,811 208.5 -26.8 86 BARBADOS 1,677 2,046 2,144 2,437 13.7 45.3 87 BAHRAIN 1,449 2,902 12,902 2,301 -82.2 58.8 88 BERMUDA 2,490 3,901 1,419 1,877 32.3 -24.6 89 OMAN 1,630 2,221 4,755 1,831 -61.5 12.3 90 ZIMBABWE 386 3,735 485 1,816 274.2 370.5 91 IVORY COAST 842 2,109 372 1,809 386.2 114.8 92 KAZAKHSTAN 748 1,529 709 1,681 137.0 124.8 93 BOTSWANA 2,781 702 38 1,635 4,229.1 -41.2 94 BELIZE 1,934 1,232 1,477 1,632 10.5 -15.6 95 ROMANIA 723 5,664 1,196 1,608 34.5 122.3 96 ERITREA 0 6,554 26 1,601 6,136.4 . 97 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 788 884 1,862 1,513 -18.7 92.0 98 SLOVAKIA 883 2,930 2,127 1,453 -31.7 64.5 99 ANGOLA 407 4,290 42 1,384 3,192.9 240.0 100 BULGARIA 1,019 1,979 2,546 1,315 -48.4 29.0 101 GEORGIA 83 8,408 4,307 1,242 -71.2 1,387.9 102 QATAR 2,405 1,907 1,908 1,231 -35.5 -48.8 103 LATVIA 994 326 1,076 1,146 6.6 15.3 104 MALTA 4,449 3,149 4,348 1,145 -73.7 -74.3 105 NAMIBIA 933 25 41 1,105 2,606.4 18.4 106 LITHUANIA 14,021 200 1,083 1,069 -1.3 -92.4 107 MAURITANIA 0 5 422 992 135.3 . 108 MALDIVES 113 353 768 962 25.2 747.5 109 ARUBA 176 172 1,797 862 -52.0 388.6 110 GABON 140 667 524 813 55.2 480.9 111 BANGLADESH 1,155 4,832 9,065 790 -91.3 -31.6 112 KENYA 3,844 11,563 4,070 774 -81.0 -79.9 113 SENEGAL 1,762 4,634 1,054 677 -35.8 -61.6 114 UZBEKISTAN 604 58 277 666 140.5 10.1 115 SURINAME 2,302 2,163 542 625 15.3 -72.9 116 LUXEMBOURG 693 740 449 600 33.4 -13.4 117 CAYMAN ISLANDS 1,463 1,679 1,812 599 -66.9 -59.1 118 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 71 38 97 576 496.4 716.9 119 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 41 67 50 556 1,008.7 1,261.6 120 BOLIVIA 7,011 4,638 3,051 540 -82.3 -92.3 121 PARAGUAY 1,481 602 507 515 1.4 -65.3 122 UKRAINE 3,064 5,309 1,920 500 -74.0 -83.7 123 LESOTHO 3 0 0 492 . 16,283.6 124 BRITISH VIRGIN IS. 143 143 206 444 115.4 211.0 125 FRENCH POLYNESIA 578 242 567 439 -22.7 -24.2 126 MAURITIUS 124 124 187 407 118.1 228.1 127 CROATIA 8,082 1,008 2,178 375 -82.8 -95.4 128 SEYCHELLES 25 5 20 286 1,355.6 1,045.3 129 TANZANIA 130 199 1,196 274 -77.1 111.7 130 BELARUS 321 152 6 263 3,963.6 -18.0 131 BENIN 7 62 12 243 2,001.3 3,637.1 132 ESTONIA 170 242 327 239 -26.9 40.7 133 NEW CALEDONIA 665 213 479 228 -52.4 -65.7 134 ARMENIA 0 7,241 39 225 473.3 . 135 GHANA 3,870 517 2,865 208 -92.7 -94.6 136 SIERRA LEONE 1,456 869 9 188 1,880.8 -87.1 137 ETHIOPIA 1,262 111 101 185 82.4 -85.3 138 NAURU 70 0 0 179 . 157.0 139 BRUNEI 615 671 109 160 47.5 -73.9 140 LIBERIA 84 112 68 160 134.8 91.0 141 CAMEROON 10,137 427 49 158 224.8 -98.4 142 DJIBOUTI 8 45 128 142 10.7 1,685.3 143 ANDORRA 198 335 554 121 -78.2 -38.9 144 ZAMBIA 173 148 54 116 114.3 -32.8 145 GUADELOUPE 159 149 181 108 -40.2 -31.9 146 NIGER 53 21 214 88 -59.0 65.9 147 UGANDA 5,011 22 16 88 434.8 -98.3 148 MADAGASCAR 220 111 113 87 -23.2 -60.6 149 GREENLAND 343 187 41 85 107.6 -75.1 150 YUGOSLAVIA 816 412 58 74 26.9 -91.0 151 MACAO 319 355 57 71 24.6 -77.7 152 ANGUILLA 41 47 178 64 -64.0 55.7 153 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 107 225 188 61 -67.5 -42.9 154 TOKELAU 0 0 6 60 951.4 . 155 TURKS & CAICOS IS. 3 28 112 60 -46.6 2,172.3 156 CAMBODIA 5 24 47 54 14.4 1,033.8 157 KYRGYZSTAN 5 0 6 54 865.8 977.8 158 ST. LUCIA 50 76 99 53 -46.6 4.5 159 ST. HELENA 0 0 0 52 . . 160 MOLDOVA 193 51 113 46 -59.1 -76.1 161 MONGOLIA 3 7 3 45 1,607.4 1,305.3 162 DOMINICA 32 32 250 40 -84.0 23.7 163 BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA 5 45 10 36 262.1 654.5 164 GUINEA 147 9 3 34 929.8 -77.1 165 WEST BANK 24 0 0 31 . 29.0 166 MACEDONIA (SKOPJE) 163 28 46 30 -34.9 -81.7 167 NEPAL 29 69 126 26 -79.3 -11.1 168 MALAWI 24 9 0 23 . -3.7 169 ALBANIA 9 5 185 17 -90.7 91.7 170 WESTERN SAMOA 3 0 24 15 -37.9 368.4 171 FIJI 57 53 48 15 -69.1 -73.7 172 FRENCH GUIANA 0 57 16 14 -16.0 . 173 BURMA (MYANMAR) 0 310 3 13 368.2 . 174 AZERBAIJAN 173 50 0 13 . -92.6 175 TAJIKISTAN 0 23 17 10 -40.9 . 176 LAOS 12 33 0 10 . -18.7 177 GIBRALTAR 18 95 0 9 . -52.3 178 MALI 1,314 10 6 7 11.8 -99.5 179 AFGHANISTAN 0 26 48 6 -88.2 . 180 RWANDA 9 0 0 6 . -39.2 181 KIRIBATI 9 5 0 5 . -48.1 182 MARTINIQUE 61 35 25 4 -82.2 -92.8 183 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 0 0 0 3 . . 184 FR.STHERN.,ANTARC. LANDS 0 0 0 3 . . 185 LIECHTENSTEIN 6 0 0 3 . -50.7 186 BHUTAN 0 0 5 0 -100.0 . 186 BURUNDI 0 0 4 0 -100.0 . 186 CAPE VERDE 3,474 2,105 553 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 921 0 0 0 . -100.0 186 CHAD 0 0 3 0 -100.0 . 186 COMOROS 0 0 8 0 -100.0 . 186 CONGO (KINSHASA) 15 3,419 1,089 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 FALKLAND ISLANDS 0 50 0 0 . . 186 FAROE ISLANDS 16 128 146 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 FEDERATED STATES OF 0 24 0 0 . . MICRONESIA 186 GAMBIA 4 54 3 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 GAZA STRIP 42 60 0 0 . -100.0 186 IRAQ 3,778 26,350 0 0 . -100.0 186 MARSHALL ISLANDS 26 34 4 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 MONACO 88 69 139 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 MONTSERRAT 27 0 0 0 . -100.0 186 NIUE 68 0 0 0 . -100.0 186 NORFOLK ISLAND 37 89 7 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 NORTH KOREA 0 0 44 0 -100.0 . 186 REUNION 11 0 34 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 SAN MARINO 17 26 0 0 . -100.0 186 SOLOMON ISLANDS 6 0 0 0 . -100.0 186 SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN IS. 27 10 0 0 . -100.0 186 SWAZILAND 855 21 3 0 -100.0 -100.0 186 TOGO 2,966 8 0 0 . -100.0 186 VANUATU 0 4 4 0 -100.0 . Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau