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 _____________ ____ ________________________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ North Dakota 1 CANADA 427,604 386,777 345,346 332,423 -3.7 -22.3 2 BELGIUM 56,353 130,986 142,542 190,457 33.6 238.0 3 FED. REP. OF GERMANY 20,733 15,823 18,367 42,713 132.6 106.0 4 ITALY 1,981 3,095 21,431 25,750 20.2 1,200.0 5 MEXICO 17,560 17,596 12,488 15,202 21.7 -13.4 6 JAPAN 9,683 6,087 6,616 14,753 123.0 52.4 7 AUSTRALIA 14,701 12,450 15,279 14,548 -4.8 -1.0 8 SPAIN 7,697 8,115 11,090 10,940 -1.4 42.1 9 TAIWAN 4,442 3,483 4,151 7,415 78.6 66.9 10 UNITED KINGDOM 12,585 13,678 12,620 6,000 -52.5 -52.3 11 NETHERLANDS 4,188 9,012 3,867 4,613 19.3 10.2 12 MALAYSIA 1,360 1,140 350 4,541 1,198.8 234.0 13 CHINA 3,577 4,399 4,392 4,359 -.7 21.9 14 ARGENTINA 4,988 6,253 3,143 4,273 36.0 -14.3 15 FRANCE 4,978 3,288 4,057 4,056 .0 -18.5 16 BRAZIL 1,954 334 837 3,291 293.2 68.4 17 KOREA, SOUTH 4,549 1,045 2,243 3,249 44.8 -28.6 18 TURKEY 945 525 1,885 1,824 -3.2 93.0 19 ISRAEL 729 472 905 1,285 42.0 76.3 20 NEW ZEALAND 1,610 899 1,183 1,169 -1.2 -27.4 21 SINGAPORE 1,815 1,638 724 1,055 45.7 -41.9 22 INDIA 542 367 1,156 1,047 -9.4 93.0 23 FINLAND 93 684 558 976 74.8 953.1 24 PERU 120 53 327 967 195.6 703.2 25 HONG KONG 1,953 1,277 1,356 954 -29.6 -51.1 26 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 32 371 667 873 30.8 2,618.6 27 COSTA RICA 273 331 3,349 817 -75.6 198.8 28 PHILIPPINES 838 303 371 738 98.8 -11.9 29 IRELAND 257 990 339 689 103.2 168.5 30 HAITI 15 15 0 674 . 4,513.7 31 INDONESIA 841 250 363 674 85.8 -19.9 32 PORTUGAL 0 364 99 634 542.2 . 33 DENMARK 1,222 1,335 1,181 631 -46.5 -48.3 34 SWEDEN 347 465 545 603 10.8 73.9 35 THAILAND 1,033 7,936 619 548 -11.4 -46.9 36 VENEZUELA 239 1,229 290 474 63.6 98.2 37 KUWAIT 8 50 120 452 278.0 5,552.8 38 COLOMBIA 2,076 532 405 366 -9.8 -82.4 39 CHILE 1,546 1,314 946 330 -65.2 -78.7 40 SWITZERLAND 348 408 278 322 15.9 -7.5 41 PANAMA 319 84 46 314 583.8 -1.5 42 SOUTH AFRICA 109 577 454 309 -32.0 183.5 43 ROMANIA 0 62 173 307 77.1 . 44 NORWAY 244 473 1,278 302 -76.4 23.6 45 EL SALVADOR 3 194 288 296 2.7 9,513.4 46 SAUDI ARABIA 203 4,148 639 246 -61.5 21.2 47 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 417 410 277 237 -14.5 -43.2 48 RUSSIA 1,349 974 74 230 211.9 -82.9 49 URUGUAY 213 328 167 203 21.8 -4.4 50 VIETNAM 15 30 179 200 11.5 1,234.5 51 GUATEMALA 769 1,049 396 187 -52.8 -75.7 52 ECUADOR 464 615 224 186 -16.8 -59.8 53 AUSTRIA 168 206 46 183 298.6 8.6 54 NICARAGUA 29 78 216 182 -15.7 519.0 55 JORDAN 0 0 0 155 . . 56 BARBADOS 711 477 576 127 -77.9 -82.1 57 LITHUANIA 0 0 32 122 284.3 . 58 MOROCCO 0 0 0 119 . . 59 ANGOLA 0 0 0 112 . . 60 JAMAICA 31 81 33 101 204.5 224.9 61 LEBANON 0 112 724 89 -87.8 . 62 POLAND 296 171 204 70 -65.6 -76.3 63 SRI LANKA 44 98 155 68 -56.5 54.1 64 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 24 0 60 . . 65 GHANA 37 48 22 58 160.1 57.4 66 DOMINICA 0 0 0 53 . . 67 ZIMBABWE 0 0 67 39 -41.8 . 68 HONDURAS 80 161 79 37 -52.8 -53.5 69 UKRAINE 242 341 10 37 272.7 -84.9 70 GUYANA 182 170 21 35 72.3 -80.6 71 GREECE 100 45 91 27 -70.1 -72.9 72 KAZAKHSTAN 0 0 863 22 -97.4 . 73 PAKISTAN 0 0 0 16 . . 74 QATAR 11 0 0 16 . 44.5 75 TURKS & CAICOS IS. 0 6 9 13 45.3 . 76 HUNGARY 65 98 0 12 . -81.4 77 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 23 3 0 12 . -48.6 78 ST. VINCENT AND THE 0 5 27 10 -62.5 . GRENADINES 79 EGYPT 541 0 0 9 . -98.3 80 BAHAMAS 0 67 58 6 -90.5 . 81 BERMUDA 16 14 13 5 -62.1 -70.3 82 ANGUILLA 6 0 0 0 . -100.0 82 BAHRAIN 4 24 30 0 -100.0 -100.0 82 BANGLADESH 0 5 0 0 . . 82 BOLIVIA 128 322 122 0 -100.0 -100.0 82 BOTSWANA 0 0 7 0 -100.0 . 82 BRITISH VIRGIN IS. 0 0 16 0 -100.0 . 82 BULGARIA 0 52 13 0 -100.0 . 82 CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 0 238 0 -100.0 . 82 CROATIA 0 0 8 0 -100.0 . 82 CYPRUS 56 0 77 0 -100.0 -100.0 82 CZECH REPUBLIC 143 106 21 0 -100.0 -100.0 82 GREENLAND 0 111 0 0 . . 82 GRENADA 59 47 25 0 -100.0 -100.0 82 GUADELOUPE 0 16 0 0 . . 82 ICELAND 33 3 6 0 -100.0 -100.0 82 IVORY COAST 0 0 16 0 -100.0 . 82 LATVIA 16 0 0 0 . -100.0 82 LUXEMBOURG 0 3 3 0 -100.0 . 82 MACAO 0 3 0 0 . . 82 MAURITIUS 0 0 14 0 -100.0 . 82 MONGOLIA 0 0 66 0 -100.0 . 82 NEW CALEDONIA 8 33 0 0 . -100.0 82 NIGER 0 26 0 0 . . 82 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0 5 4 0 -100.0 . 82 PARAGUAY 92 0 0 0 . -100.0 82 SLOVAKIA 0 0 10 0 -100.0 . 82 SLOVENIA 41 0 0 0 . -100.0 82 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 0 3 11 0 -100.0 . 82 TANZANIA 3 0 0 0 . -100.0 82 TOGO 0 104 0 0 . . 82 TUNISIA 0 41 0 0 . . Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau