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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ARGENTINA Alabama 25,472 29,821 11,389 15,208 33.53 -40.30 Alaska 727 220 898 430 -52.07 -40.79 Arizona 19,731 23,207 15,827 13,719 -13.32 -30.47 Arkansas 9,609 10,947 4,369 4,715 7.93 -50.93 California 616,324 672,190 464,385 560,410 20.68 -9.07 Colorado 73,379 73,180 66,241 72,078 8.81 -1.77 Connecticut 108,411 111,048 66,982 67,421 .66 -37.81 Delaware 119,766 91,163 75,644 103,571 36.92 -13.52 Dist. of Col. 12,132 10,113 11,462 7,191 -37.27 -40.73 Florida 889,451 907,748 734,709 582,889 -20.66 -34.47 Georgia 152,904 196,216 119,154 112,980 -5.18 -26.11 Hawaii 43 8 45 181 300.63 326.42 Idaho 6,068 4,633 9,509 3,668 -61.43 -39.56 Illinois 459,116 390,411 321,972 226,633 -29.61 -50.64 Indiana 133,120 68,047 74,345 77,489 4.23 -41.79 Iowa 37,642 29,918 22,421 19,166 -14.52 -49.08 Kansas 97,270 30,177 17,748 25,009 40.91 -74.29 Kentucky 35,203 39,136 35,904 44,570 24.13 26.61 Louisiana 34,395 45,202 28,959 14,222 -50.89 -58.65 Maine 7,576 4,414 2,092 13,596 549.95 79.46 Maryland 36,293 39,303 30,185 33,651 11.48 -7.28 Massachusetts 68,926 59,249 77,157 100,449 30.19 45.73 Michigan 219,173 297,314 83,359 261,675 213.91 19.39 Minnesota 89,164 56,045 40,823 38,585 -5.48 -56.73 Mississippi 5,517 9,248 6,866 10,476 52.57 89.89 Missouri 115,285 97,871 174,918 192,052 9.80 66.59 Montana 227 462 406 575 41.76 153.22 Nebraska 15,251 14,300 8,733 5,888 -32.58 -61.40 Nevada 4,621 4,127 6,584 11,841 79.85 156.22 New Hampshire 5,838 6,743 6,640 7,133 7.42 22.18 New Jersey 202,362 187,187 177,823 286,281 60.99 41.47 New Mexico 1,167 1,494 1,678 3,286 95.78 181.54 New York 358,466 426,593 295,646 194,131 -34.34 -45.84 North Carolina 121,218 90,968 82,437 82,405 -.04 -32.02 North Dakota 4,988 6,253 3,143 4,273 35.97 -14.32 Ohio 160,752 149,154 126,603 130,339 2.95 -18.92 Oklahoma 55,254 92,165 55,132 48,384 -12.24 -12.43 Oregon 12,071 9,769 8,966 12,540 39.87 3.89 Pennsylvania 154,048 156,038 120,945 145,551 20.34 -5.52 Rhode Island 6,101 5,215 4,809 6,970 44.95 14.24 South Carolina 38,115 40,310 19,527 32,301 65.42 -15.25 South Dakota 512 754 1,144 2,916 154.84 469.60 Tennessee 74,989 100,980 114,547 57,736 -49.60 -23.01 Texas 504,868 508,255 600,865 516,822 -13.99 2.37 Utah 6,378 5,548 8,293 6,475 -21.93 1.51 Vermont 1,036 700 848 979 15.44 -5.50 Virginia 84,813 67,572 41,184 39,413 -4.30 -53.53 Washington 60,383 119,546 263,753 47,175 -82.11 -21.87 West Virginia 2,699 2,509 3,496 4,971 42.19 84.20 Wisconsin 102,184 97,763 92,523 74,256 -19.74 -27.33 Wyoming 1,414 847 393 359 -8.49 -74.58 Puerto Rico 38,601 41,765 42,759 35,497 -16.98 -8.04 Virgin Islands 248 2,722 0 0 . -100.00 Unallocated 416,545 448,738 352,285 339,542 -3.62 -18.49 U.S. Total 5,807,842 5,885,310 4,938,523 4,700,074 -4.83 -19.07 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau