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 _____________ ____ ________________________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ Rhode Island 1 CANADA 329,569 371,515 360,504 373,375 3.6 13.3 2 MEXICO 77,290 68,083 80,935 92,971 14.9 20.3 3 UNITED KINGDOM 91,705 66,028 60,271 66,215 9.9 -27.8 4 JAPAN 89,422 114,884 83,079 61,588 -25.9 -31.1 5 HONG KONG 34,515 41,808 40,876 48,398 18.4 40.2 6 SINGAPORE 18,432 16,854 24,780 43,265 74.6 134.7 7 ITALY 17,680 14,210 16,389 41,917 155.8 137.1 8 FED. REP. OF GERMANY 41,249 29,318 30,529 40,158 31.5 -2.6 9 BELGIUM 39,442 27,734 29,086 36,933 27.0 -6.4 10 TAIWAN 20,044 18,993 22,200 28,688 29.2 43.1 11 AUSTRIA 7,114 9,099 11,762 24,360 107.1 242.4 12 FRANCE 18,299 17,702 19,578 23,630 20.7 29.1 13 SWEDEN 26,593 36,711 31,782 22,844 -28.1 -14.1 14 CHINA 6,911 10,538 10,779 22,053 104.6 219.1 15 NETHERLANDS 20,785 16,879 22,694 20,865 -8.1 .4 16 KOREA, SOUTH 20,165 11,588 18,811 20,499 9.0 1.7 17 MALAYSIA 24,905 26,936 30,264 17,166 -43.3 -31.1 18 IRELAND 35,001 42,250 17,916 15,950 -11.0 -54.4 19 SOUTH AFRICA 2,153 1,739 28,044 13,790 -50.8 540.4 20 BRAZIL 32,331 15,723 10,772 13,685 27.0 -57.7 21 PHILIPPINES 15,218 26,136 27,703 13,409 -51.6 -11.9 22 AUSTRALIA 9,717 16,877 9,386 11,397 21.4 17.3 23 COLOMBIA 2,579 3,312 1,966 9,921 404.5 284.6 24 THAILAND 5,492 4,789 10,469 7,898 -24.6 43.8 25 ARGENTINA 6,101 5,215 4,809 6,970 44.9 14.2 26 SPAIN 25,340 17,966 12,017 6,717 -44.1 -73.5 27 ISRAEL 4,255 3,301 3,903 6,662 70.7 56.6 28 COSTA RICA 1,524 1,176 1,941 6,332 226.2 315.4 29 SWITZERLAND 26,335 18,570 13,019 5,868 -54.9 -77.7 30 INDIA 2,147 1,924 4,142 4,784 15.5 122.8 31 PANAMA 1,450 967 1,634 4,145 153.6 185.8 32 MOROCCO 11 0 1,008 3,638 261.1 32,529.7 33 GUATEMALA 1,260 1,119 1,212 3,317 173.6 163.2 34 VENEZUELA 4,089 3,732 3,070 3,211 4.6 -21.5 35 DENMARK 7,668 2,375 7,675 2,887 -62.4 -62.3 36 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 734 737 249 2,793 1,021.8 280.5 37 CHILE 3,677 2,772 2,007 2,481 23.6 -32.5 38 UKRAINE 48 250 33 2,373 7,142.8 4,882.1 39 PORTUGAL 5,444 2,088 2,513 2,292 -8.8 -57.9 40 FINLAND 2,749 1,317 670 2,221 231.7 -19.2 41 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2,699 2,043 2,242 2,109 -5.9 -21.9 42 TURKEY 1,919 1,446 1,259 1,910 51.7 -.4 43 POLAND 3,900 2,278 1,826 1,712 -6.2 -56.1 44 HONDURAS 116 199 164 1,652 904.6 1,320.9 45 SAUDI ARABIA 929 3,535 2,789 1,514 -45.7 63.0 46 GREECE 419 659 500 1,331 166.0 217.7 47 EL SALVADOR 407 488 357 1,242 248.4 205.5 48 EGYPT 967 1,540 1,382 1,192 -13.8 23.2 49 LUXEMBOURG 2,634 726 1,887 1,139 -39.6 -56.8 50 CZECH REPUBLIC 1,338 2,759 3,042 1,101 -63.8 -17.7 51 NEW ZEALAND 8,384 2,352 2,585 1,076 -58.4 -87.2 52 INDONESIA 970 714 1,537 1,068 -30.5 10.0 53 SRI LANKA 126 159 349 1,029 195.1 716.9 54 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1,338 930 853 951 11.4 -29.0 55 PERU 1,857 1,328 698 600 -14.1 -67.7 56 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 65 76 11 543 4,836.8 730.7 57 LIBERIA 485 467 161 493 206.1 1.7 58 LITHUANIA 414 154 815 478 -41.3 15.5 59 NORWAY 1,967 2,699 736 478 -35.1 -75.7 60 ST. LUCIA 28 554 1,732 419 -75.8 1,397.4 61 SLOVENIA 63 783 48 417 769.5 565.5 62 BAHAMAS 884 1,160 489 417 -14.8 -52.9 63 BERMUDA 503 244 650 399 -38.6 -20.5 64 PAKISTAN 317 166 104 378 265.0 19.0 65 VIETNAM 83 129 104 367 252.9 341.3 66 RUSSIA 3,944 994 295 346 17.2 -91.2 67 JAMAICA 842 694 466 326 -30.0 -61.2 68 MARTINIQUE 5 22 35 326 836.0 6,094.7 69 BANGLADESH 0 0 23 319 1,302.9 . 70 GEORGIA 0 0 0 309 . . 71 BARBADOS 222 289 222 275 24.1 23.8 72 ECUADOR 1,194 1,046 561 271 -51.7 -77.3 73 HUNGARY 93 272 597 251 -58.0 170.2 74 URUGUAY 1,368 3,354 5,338 247 -95.4 -82.0 75 JORDAN 135 239 365 237 -35.0 75.6 76 MAURITIUS 236 285 354 236 -33.4 .0 77 MALTA 88 99 469 230 -51.0 162.1 78 GIBRALTAR 0 30 26 227 781.1 . 79 LEBANON 204 166 157 227 44.9 11.4 80 KUWAIT 1,078 699 555 222 -60.0 -79.4 81 CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 0 0 0 196 . . 82 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 377 506 234 196 -16.6 -48.0 83 CYPRUS 167 174 292 177 -39.3 6.4 84 ARUBA 230 123 117 174 49.0 -24.4 85 ICELAND 169 505 194 157 -19.4 -7.1 86 IVORY COAST 4 80 18 157 761.2 3,868.0 87 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 243 100 76 153 101.7 -37.0 88 NIGERIA 34 45 90 135 50.2 294.2 89 BAHRAIN 89 472 48 135 183.2 51.7 90 SLOVAKIA 862 314 132 121 -8.3 -85.9 91 SIERRA LEONE 17 52 2,129 108 -94.9 531.0 92 SYRIA 370 163 44 107 141.6 -71.1 93 REPUBLIC OF YEMEN 7 148 4 97 2,423.7 1,250.5 94 CAYMAN ISLANDS 70 144 175 79 -55.1 12.7 95 ROMANIA 299 55 73 78 6.3 -74.0 96 GUYANA 0 0 0 74 . . 97 NICARAGUA 54 49 84 67 -20.2 25.7 98 ANGOLA 107 8 4 66 1,550.0 -38.2 99 QATAR 269 42 150 62 -58.6 -76.9 100 ST. VINCENT AND THE 8 15 4 60 1,576.5 700.9 GRENADINES 101 GRENADA 22 24 74 57 -23.3 156.3 102 ESTONIA 13 70 15 56 277.7 317.6 103 BRUNEI 0 0 0 55 . . 104 BRITISH VIRGIN IS. 80 12 23 53 129.2 -33.5 105 GHANA 5 13 1,953 51 -97.4 1,039.8 106 BURMA (MYANMAR) 0 0 0 47 . . 107 PITCAIRN ISLAND 0 0 0 46 . . 108 MACAO 64 69 11 43 304.7 -32.9 109 DOMINICA 18 5 4 41 853.6 128.0 110 GUADELOUPE 66 14 53 37 -31.4 -44.4 111 BELIZE 13 14 30 36 22.4 177.6 112 TUNISIA 15 39 31 35 13.9 136.7 113 ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON 0 0 46 33 -29.2 . 114 SENEGAL 169 0 44 24 -46.1 -86.1 115 FIJI 29 4 14 23 63.2 -20.6 116 MONACO 0 0 8 22 171.9 . 117 KAZAKHSTAN 0 0 7 22 207.2 . 118 TURKS & CAICOS IS. 12 6 41 21 -47.4 82.5 119 KENYA 26 0 3 21 696.4 -18.8 120 BOLIVIA 127 61 18 17 -6.8 -86.9 121 ETHIOPIA 5 17 0 17 . 207.6 122 LATVIA 0 5 22 16 -28.9 . 123 CAPE VERDE 90 202 316 16 -95.1 -82.7 124 MOZAMBIQUE 0 0 0 15 . . 125 NAURU 0 0 0 11 . . 126 FRENCH POLYNESIA 0 11 8 11 45.1 . 127 PARAGUAY 13 37 6 10 75.2 -16.6 128 KYRGYZSTAN 0 0 0 9 . . 129 CROATIA 66 13 17 9 -49.4 -86.7 130 MACEDONIA (SKOPJE) 0 0 0 9 . . 131 BULGARIA 0 29 151 8 -94.6 . 132 HAITI 114 22 38 7 -81.1 -93.7 133 BELARUS 0 0 0 7 . . 134 YUGOSLAVIA 0 0 59 7 -88.5 . 135 OMAN 298 0 0 6 . -97.8 136 CUBA 0 0 0 6 . . 137 MONGOLIA 0 3 0 5 . . 138 NAMIBIA 13 0 0 5 . -63.6 139 VATICAN CITY 0 5 0 5 . . 140 ANDORRA 3 3 7 4 -44.3 7.5 141 TANZANIA 0 0 0 3 . . 142 AFGHANISTAN 0 0 3 0 -100.0 . 142 ALGERIA 13 0 915 0 -100.0 -100.0 142 ANGUILLA 0 23 94 0 -100.0 . 142 BENIN 7 3 11 0 -100.0 -100.0 142 BURUNDI 0 0 13 0 -100.0 . 142 CAMBODIA 13 0 0 0 . -100.0 142 CAMEROON 5 0 0 0 . -100.0 142 COCOS (KEELING) ISLAND 0 0 12 0 -100.0 . 142 FRENCH GUIANA 16 0 0 0 . -100.0 142 GABON 0 3 0 0 . . 142 GUINEA-BISSAU 0 28 0 0 . . 142 GUINEA 0 18 0 0 . . 142 IRAQ 0 43 0 0 . . 142 LIECHTENSTEIN 16 0 48 0 -100.0 -100.0 142 MAURITANIA 0 0 25 0 -100.0 . 142 MONTSERRAT 0 0 10 0 -100.0 . 142 NEPAL 7 7 4 0 -100.0 -100.0 142 NEW CALEDONIA 5 3 0 0 . -100.0 142 NIGER 0 6 0 0 . . 142 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 40 101 190 0 -100.0 -100.0 142 SUDAN 9 0 0 0 . -100.0 142 SURINAME 23 0 0 0 . -100.0 142 SWAZILAND 0 179 183 0 -100.0 . 142 TONGA 4 0 0 0 . -100.0 142 UGANDA 0 0 4 0 -100.0 . 142 WESTERN SAHARA 14 0 0 0 . -100.0 142 ZAMBIA 10 0 0 0 . -100.0 142 ZIMBABWE 18 9 76 0 -100.0 -100.0 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau