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 _____________ ____ ________________________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ N. Carolina 1 CANADA 3,748,237 3,719,299 4,006,817 4,590,060 14.6 22.5 2 MEXICO 1,320,532 1,564,683 1,843,572 2,128,991 15.5 61.2 3 UNITED KINGDOM 716,523 708,610 762,447 821,033 7.7 14.6 4 FED. REP. OF GERMANY 550,071 515,416 591,107 601,044 1.7 9.3 5 JAPAN 811,016 779,571 731,009 580,147 -20.6 -28.5 6 BELGIUM 378,152 377,399 302,112 401,154 32.8 6.1 7 COSTA RICA 235,099 304,132 324,405 360,581 11.2 53.4 8 HONDURAS 238,401 218,612 230,853 340,666 47.6 42.9 9 BRAZIL 343,175 259,431 255,167 313,288 22.8 -8.7 10 FRANCE 298,288 315,662 317,683 302,425 -4.8 1.4 11 HONG KONG 270,773 246,275 262,543 294,278 12.1 8.7 12 KOREA, SOUTH 202,812 151,391 199,987 256,936 28.5 26.7 13 NETHERLANDS 291,523 281,958 289,547 252,313 -12.9 -13.5 14 EL SALVADOR 145,309 126,314 143,567 246,229 71.5 69.5 15 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 144,060 115,203 165,119 220,615 33.6 53.1 16 AUSTRALIA 177,326 179,200 194,202 219,556 13.1 23.8 17 CHINA 230,382 215,615 210,047 204,700 -2.5 -11.1 18 TURKEY 171,520 180,306 131,718 195,399 48.3 13.9 19 SINGAPORE 111,868 109,674 166,549 187,814 12.8 67.9 20 ITALY 146,695 154,270 178,357 168,545 -5.5 14.9 21 TAIWAN 166,141 168,498 122,072 164,954 35.1 -.7 22 SPAIN 152,111 189,387 156,434 126,930 -18.9 -16.6 23 CHILE 72,227 58,739 93,531 102,518 9.6 41.9 24 MALAYSIA 105,193 86,896 85,801 95,216 11.0 -9.5 25 HAITI 40,159 37,223 57,231 92,607 61.8 130.6 26 IRELAND 79,855 100,862 84,539 87,442 3.4 9.5 27 ARGENTINA 121,218 90,968 82,437 82,405 .0 -32.0 28 VENEZUELA 59,255 72,308 45,504 78,740 73.0 32.9 29 JAMAICA 152,516 56,833 74,437 76,832 3.2 -49.6 30 COLOMBIA 89,112 103,270 83,332 68,155 -18.2 -23.5 31 PHILIPPINES 79,708 61,358 61,851 66,820 8.0 -16.2 32 SWITZERLAND 143,767 117,525 97,141 66,359 -31.7 -53.8 33 SOUTH AFRICA 65,976 86,171 59,725 64,733 8.4 -1.9 34 GUATEMALA 24,458 43,595 29,009 63,839 120.1 161.0 35 ISRAEL 63,367 59,707 77,555 62,758 -19.1 -1.0 36 INDIA 34,983 34,588 49,330 57,203 16.0 63.5 37 SWEDEN 68,322 68,685 78,095 56,415 -27.8 -17.4 38 INDONESIA 73,255 50,556 66,472 52,542 -21.0 -28.3 39 RUSSIA 29,655 26,340 41,720 48,587 16.5 63.8 40 THAILAND 124,082 82,088 78,561 48,068 -38.8 -61.3 41 DENMARK 108,595 58,874 59,178 45,914 -22.4 -57.7 42 FINLAND 25,809 44,220 54,040 44,602 -17.5 72.8 43 SAUDI ARABIA 75,516 61,303 55,825 44,436 -20.4 -41.2 44 AUSTRIA 14,174 15,424 12,650 36,187 186.1 155.3 45 PANAMA 23,829 36,637 23,312 35,378 51.8 48.5 46 EGYPT 31,433 43,093 57,072 33,686 -41.0 7.2 47 CYPRUS 65,496 37,967 30,718 27,521 -10.4 -58.0 48 NEW ZEALAND 16,974 20,692 22,220 23,092 3.9 36.0 49 ECUADOR 20,450 24,774 17,575 21,576 22.8 5.5 50 PERU 24,210 24,497 16,239 21,487 32.3 -11.2 51 PORTUGAL 19,850 34,324 33,595 19,695 -41.4 -.8 52 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 31,428 27,423 23,827 19,534 -18.0 -37.8 53 NORWAY 19,108 23,902 20,391 18,490 -9.3 -3.2 54 KUWAIT 18,150 18,761 19,590 17,695 -9.7 -2.5 55 GREECE 19,277 11,996 13,051 17,305 32.6 -10.2 56 HUNGARY 11,660 11,844 10,130 16,801 65.9 44.1 57 URUGUAY 17,331 26,988 18,578 15,755 -15.2 -9.1 58 CZECH REPUBLIC 18,076 17,788 16,869 15,187 -10.0 -16.0 59 PAKISTAN 13,812 12,347 8,541 15,186 77.8 9.9 60 BAHAMAS 11,501 12,932 10,811 14,200 31.4 23.5 61 GUINEA 16,022 20,116 20,228 13,597 -32.8 -15.1 62 POLAND 23,297 26,618 14,992 13,547 -9.6 -41.9 63 SYRIA 5,099 2,698 11,942 13,028 9.1 155.5 64 SLOVENIA 742 1,851 2,720 12,107 345.2 1,531.9 65 MARSHALL ISLANDS 1,094 583 3,747 11,551 208.2 956.1 66 SRI LANKA 3,037 7,021 7,132 9,441 32.4 210.9 67 JORDAN 4,518 5,416 5,075 7,833 54.3 73.4 68 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 7,647 10,718 9,172 6,703 -26.9 -12.3 69 VIETNAM 2,189 4,139 5,833 5,986 2.6 173.5 70 GRENADA 840 503 997 5,663 468.2 573.9 71 ICELAND 10,465 4,582 6,746 5,541 -17.9 -47.1 72 LUXEMBOURG 1,437 576 2,163 5,179 139.5 260.4 73 BERMUDA 11,592 5,019 4,973 5,133 3.2 -55.7 74 BANGLADESH 6,775 7,399 5,210 5,021 -3.6 -25.9 75 LEBANON 9,984 11,579 7,041 4,766 -32.3 -52.3 76 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 4,377 6,239 6,512 4,766 -26.8 8.9 77 LATVIA 674 4,861 12,667 4,523 -64.3 571.4 78 ROMANIA 2,673 2,823 2,275 3,797 66.9 42.1 79 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 2,170 2,187 2,969 3,685 24.1 69.8 80 BARBADOS 8,917 7,500 7,659 3,518 -54.1 -60.5 81 BAHRAIN 12,115 10,990 4,747 3,487 -26.5 -71.2 82 NIGERIA 7,786 4,881 4,228 3,128 -26.0 -59.8 83 LITHUANIA 2,780 1,687 1,128 3,037 169.2 9.2 84 GHANA 942 931 3,288 2,990 -9.1 217.3 85 QATAR 2,724 4,614 2,096 2,985 42.4 9.6 86 ARUBA 1,188 2,080 1,723 2,983 73.2 151.1 87 BULGARIA 935 2,086 4,851 2,618 -46.0 180.1 88 MALI 114 7 5 2,383 52,279.5 1,987.6 89 NICARAGUA 8,032 4,105 2,236 2,363 5.7 -70.6 90 GUYANA 1,204 3,841 1,055 2,235 111.8 85.7 91 CAYMAN ISLANDS 1,806 1,725 1,487 2,210 48.7 22.3 92 BOLIVIA 2,097 4,532 988 2,105 113.1 .4 93 ST. LUCIA 1,761 3,777 3,138 2,044 -34.9 16.1 94 UKRAINE 1,681 1,368 1,051 1,849 75.9 10.0 95 KENYA 1,456 529 523 1,783 240.9 22.5 96 PARAGUAY 4,127 2,283 1,402 1,718 22.6 -58.4 97 MALTA 200 501 441 1,672 279.3 737.3 98 IVORY COAST 1,621 2,972 2,428 1,523 -37.3 -6.0 99 CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 497 739 131 1,523 1,062.0 206.4 100 UZBEKISTAN 1,896 159 248 1,510 509.1 -20.3 101 TANZANIA 1,807 938 679 1,431 110.8 -20.8 102 MACEDONIA (SKOPJE) 1,078 36 85 1,428 1,579.3 32.5 103 BELIZE 805 487 1,218 1,408 15.6 74.8 104 MOROCCO 6,227 1,260 2,470 1,362 -44.9 -78.1 105 ESTONIA 1,788 1,056 371 1,251 237.0 -30.0 106 GUADELOUPE 1,059 865 1,178 1,192 1.1 12.5 107 ETHIOPIA 422 297 50 1,169 2,245.2 177.1 108 ZIMBABWE 747 1,084 1,503 984 -34.5 31.8 109 IRAN 0 0 0 950 . . 110 ST. VINCENT AND THE 365 1,259 1,141 947 -17.0 159.3 GRENADINES 111 TOKELAU 62 108 131 887 577.3 1,320.7 112 TURKS & CAICOS IS. 995 181 305 882 189.4 -11.3 113 ANGOLA 60 718 71 872 1,126.9 1,354.1 114 NEW CALEDONIA 586 539 416 811 95.1 38.5 115 OMAN 1,366 10,340 1,543 768 -50.2 -43.8 116 TUNISIA 1,648 438 806 684 -15.1 -58.5 117 SLOVAKIA 758 1,042 957 665 -30.5 -12.3 118 SURINAME 748 570 1,083 648 -40.2 -13.4 119 MACAO 247 435 341 640 87.6 159.6 120 CAMEROON 1,835 1,467 807 607 -24.8 -66.9 121 SENEGAL 128 134 28 551 1,895.3 329.5 122 CROATIA 593 1,374 468 520 11.0 -12.3 123 BELARUS 20 24 867 506 -41.6 2,411.4 124 YUGOSLAVIA 751 527 178 504 183.2 -33.0 125 DOMINICA 291 1,189 985 461 -53.3 58.5 126 NIGER 426 581 138 383 178.1 -10.1 127 KAZAKHSTAN 3,364 597 138 377 172.6 -88.8 128 ARMENIA 214 117 121 365 201.1 70.4 129 BRUNEI 240 124 258 357 38.5 48.6 130 MALAWI 231 829 173 341 97.0 47.5 131 MAURITIUS 374 60 530 333 -37.2 -11.0 132 REPUBLIC OF YEMEN 89 181 72 325 351.7 264.5 133 NAMIBIA 74 83 117 324 176.3 337.1 134 BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA 256 59 4,775 310 -93.5 21.1 135 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1,215 524 441 292 -33.8 -75.9 136 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 1,223 836 1,204 282 -76.6 -76.9 137 MALDIVES 16 18 4 281 6,915.1 1,695.0 138 AFGHANISTAN 39 44 257 268 4.4 583.1 139 FEDERATED STATES OF 341 107 854 243 -71.6 -28.8 MICRONESIA 140 MOZAMBIQUE 242 439 215 223 3.5 -7.8 141 GABON 104 142 492 214 -56.5 105.1 142 MAURITANIA 34 0 134 203 51.2 493.7 143 COMOROS 0 206 0 180 . . 144 CAMBODIA 12 127 26 178 588.6 1,383.6 145 NEPAL 23 161 1,723 168 -90.2 629.2 146 ALBANIA 98 8 37 159 334.3 62.2 147 MONGOLIA 49 184 608 157 -74.2 217.5 148 ZAMBIA 18 17 162 145 -10.4 700.9 149 TOGO 11,512 606 604 145 -76.0 -98.7 150 MOLDOVA 13 30 64 138 117.0 965.0 151 BRITISH VIRGIN IS. 3,021 744 172 134 -22.3 -95.6 152 MONACO 360 1,058 555 133 -76.1 -63.2 153 NORFOLK ISLAND 12 16 114 129 13.2 954.6 154 SEYCHELLES 62 83 112 126 13.0 102.1 155 FRENCH POLYNESIA 226 99 266 110 -58.8 -51.5 156 CAPE VERDE 0 9 9 106 1,022.1 . 157 UGANDA 28 3,093 86 105 21.7 276.0 158 BENIN 679 742 502 101 -79.8 -85.1 159 GEORGIA 29 445 79 90 14.1 208.6 160 FIJI 381 223 218 86 -60.6 -77.5 161 ANGUILLA 619 55 70 83 18.2 -86.6 162 ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON 288 109 177 82 -53.7 -71.5 163 KYRGYZSTAN 0 99 0 78 . . 164 SOLOMON ISLANDS 0 0 25 72 193.0 . 165 SIERRA LEONE 204 87 0 64 . -68.5 166 MARTINIQUE 212 16 194 62 -68.0 -70.6 167 HEARD & MCDONALD IS. 0 101 0 41 . . 168 TAJIKISTAN 0 0 31 41 33.3 . 169 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 20 4 12 36 201.7 77.9 170 NIUE 0 0 0 34 . . 171 ALGERIA 810 1,130 998 31 -96.9 -96.1 172 MONTSERRAT 79 16 109 30 -72.6 -62.1 173 VATICAN CITY 74 102 0 27 . -63.5 174 SWAZILAND 12 91 140 27 -80.8 117.3 175 TURKMENISTAN 0 36 66 25 -62.3 . 176 BOTSWANA 37 9 50 25 -51.0 -32.6 177 BURKINA 65 23 32 24 -24.8 -63.1 178 SAN MARINO 167 114 112 19 -83.1 -88.7 179 CONGO (KINSHASA) 75 74 48 18 -62.5 -75.9 180 LAOS 21 9 5 17 237.9 -19.7 181 BURMA (MYANMAR) 16 208 29 16 -42.6 4.1 182 MADAGASCAR 78 137 358 16 -95.5 -79.5 183 ANDORRA 5,322 3,272 191 16 -91.6 -99.7 184 LIBERIA 49 224 124 16 -87.2 -67.8 185 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 0 0 13 . . 186 REUNION 6 35 5 13 154.0 122.9 187 GAMBIA 0 0 640 13 -98.0 . 188 FR.STHERN.,ANTARC. LANDS 131 0 0 13 . -90.3 189 ERITREA 292 641 147 9 -93.7 -96.8 190 RWANDA 10 41 7 7 -.3 -28.7 191 KIRIBATI 0 0 15 6 -61.8 . 192 CHAD 30 0 34 5 -85.5 -83.4 193 FRENCH GUIANA 0 0 0 4 . . 194 SOMALIA 0 0 0 4 . . 195 COCOS (KEELING) ISLAND 14 17 17 3 -80.7 -76.4 196 LIECHTENSTEIN 16 10 6 3 -50.0 -81.8 197 WESTERN SAMOA 0 6 3 3 -.3 . 198 AZERBAIJAN 239 55 285 0 -100.0 -100.0 198 BURUNDI 0 0 5 0 -100.0 . 198 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 0 67 14 0 -100.0 . 198 DJIBOUTI 0 1,809 383 0 -100.0 . 198 FAROE ISLANDS 3 49 0 0 . -100.0 198 GAZA STRIP 0 44 0 0 . . 198 GIBRALTAR 1,444 1,409 0 0 . -100.0 198 GREENLAND 0 90 6 0 -100.0 . 198 LESOTHO 0 5 3 0 -100.0 . 198 NORTH KOREA 0 0 1,003 0 -100.0 . 198 PALAU 0 17 3 0 -100.0 . 198 ST. HELENA 0 0 42 0 -100.0 . 198 SUDAN 45 0 0 0 . -100.0 198 SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN IS. 13 0 4 0 -100.0 -100.0 198 TONGA 3 0 0 0 . -100.0 198 VANUATU 0 0 5 0 -100.0 . 198 WALLIS AND FUTUNA 0 35 0 0 . . 198 WEST BANK 0 75 0 0 . . Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau