STATE MERCHANDISE EXPORT TOTALS TO LEADING U.S. MARKETS, 1997-2000 (Thousands of Dollars) % Change % Change Market State 1997 1998 1999 2000 1999-2000 1997-2000 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ SUBSAHARAN AFRICA Alabama 44,569 40,767 51,915 38,611 -25.6 -13.4 Alaska 1,172 485 577 970 68.0 -17.2 Arizona 40,341 38,092 29,987 48,466 61.6 20.1 Arkansas 8,113 5,593 10,217 7,074 -30.8 -12.8 California 372,318 405,424 361,550 567,787 57.0 52.5 Colorado 29,679 40,248 38,448 23,213 -39.6 -21.8 Connecticut 234,940 200,471 112,346 113,382 .9 -51.7 Delaware 53,236 54,072 37,307 50,365 35.0 -5.4 Dist. of Col. 57,364 97,819 63,284 86,388 36.5 50.6 Florida 149,619 160,714 123,805 141,181 14.0 -5.6 Georgia 151,498 135,838 113,569 96,595 -14.9 -36.2 Hawaii 188 648 503 866 72.1 361.7 Idaho 4,319 5,511 8,486 8,306 -2.1 92.3 Illinois 570,121 575,018 324,178 345,560 6.6 -39.4 Indiana 43,372 41,367 35,323 56,800 60.8 31.0 Iowa 21,221 14,942 13,443 20,430 52.0 -3.7 Kansas 104,832 85,188 140,253 88,064 -37.2 -16.0 Kentucky 22,434 26,451 23,996 32,745 36.5 46.0 Louisiana 96,993 81,883 96,286 86,083 -10.6 -11.2 Maine 16,916 10,072 4,215 4,943 17.3 -70.8 Maryland 107,615 132,488 124,184 94,592 -23.8 -12.1 Massachusetts 97,893 96,164 99,088 106,640 7.6 8.9 Michigan 54,191 81,062 51,832 145,237 180.2 168.0 Minnesota 138,847 118,940 131,558 132,534 .7 -4.5 Mississippi 8,292 4,791 3,619 5,604 54.8 -32.4 Missouri 67,912 72,629 89,732 78,391 -12.6 15.4 Montana 221 2,495 14,683 531 -96.4 140.4 Nebraska 16,654 9,318 19,711 13,469 -31.7 -19.1 Nevada 7,693 23,751 15,902 33,723 112.1 338.4 New Hampshire 6,088 7,740 10,665 7,188 -32.6 18.1 New Jersey 167,992 183,512 198,324 310,252 56.4 84.7 New Mexico 1,563 4,181 2,179 2,009 -7.8 28.5 New York 696,860 555,793 448,059 431,767 -3.6 -38.0 North Carolina 114,118 131,017 98,954 100,481 1.5 -11.9 North Dakota 149 756 580 517 -10.8 247.4 Ohio 160,937 147,847 111,869 125,338 12.0 -22.1 Oklahoma 46,250 37,128 34,539 35,920 4.0 -22.3 Oregon 42,489 40,483 44,887 59,193 31.9 39.3 Pennsylvania 153,208 174,065 142,961 177,905 24.4 16.1 Rhode Island 3,392 3,155 33,427 15,332 -54.1 352.0 South Carolina 22,670 26,345 17,594 24,748 40.7 9.2 South Dakota 648 888 630 650 3.1 .3 Tennessee 99,308 122,917 94,787 99,752 5.2 .4 Texas 1,046,735 1,054,937 932,254 792,829 -15.0 -24.3 Utah 9,108 9,751 12,156 14,623 20.3 60.5 Vermont 1,584 1,864 2,445 9,497 288.3 499.5 Virginia 95,819 82,216 107,028 104,312 -2.5 8.9 Washington 206,127 644,635 462,758 555,798 20.1 169.6 West Virginia 16,118 5,082 3,186 9,123 186.4 -43.4 Wisconsin 106,259 72,280 58,480 70,723 20.9 -33.4 Wyoming 492 366 512 265 -48.2 -46.1 Puerto Rico 13,342 17,184 20,521 25,959 26.5 94.6 Virgin Islands 310 518 480 1,746 263.9 462.6 Unallocated 640,922 807,111 589,249 521,293 -11.5 -18.7 U.S. Total 6,175,049 6,694,009 5,568,520 5,925,769 6.4 -4.0 Note: Subsaharan Africa consists of Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau