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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ CARIBBEAN Alabama 96,876 104,430 78,906 95,568 21.1 -1.4 Alaska 332 31,122 591 115 -80.6 -65.4 Arizona 8,009 6,249 11,029 13,000 17.9 62.3 Arkansas 20,708 18,962 30,493 35,783 17.3 72.8 California 292,060 443,888 385,480 474,337 23.1 62.4 Colorado 30,730 15,564 22,803 17,673 -22.5 -42.5 Connecticut 245,114 240,737 239,091 225,374 -5.7 -8.1 Delaware 11,467 11,544 13,150 12,317 -6.3 7.4 Dist. of Col. 8,488 11,570 20,910 15,105 -27.8 78.0 Florida 2,813,202 2,911,956 3,048,595 3,240,957 6.3 15.2 Georgia 292,834 336,616 302,765 312,944 3.4 6.9 Hawaii 671 504 308 1,206 291.3 79.8 Idaho 3,644 4,138 5,859 6,291 7.4 72.6 Illinois 212,151 305,372 297,231 323,850 9.0 52.7 Indiana 30,285 24,197 29,486 34,828 18.1 15.0 Iowa 14,554 13,230 14,083 13,277 -5.7 -8.8 Kansas 129,781 100,059 91,499 95,758 4.7 -26.2 Kentucky 131,073 199,326 174,765 128,682 -26.4 -1.8 Louisiana 205,109 437,763 174,813 156,397 -10.5 -23.7 Maine 16,305 17,287 25,311 24,067 -4.9 47.6 Maryland 24,264 23,508 23,034 31,589 37.1 30.2 Massachusetts 86,485 80,818 81,355 91,498 12.5 5.8 Michigan 55,470 217,927 99,129 80,966 -18.3 46.0 Minnesota 81,126 83,429 116,812 143,300 22.7 76.6 Mississippi 39,816 46,305 69,170 62,987 -8.9 58.2 Missouri 170,240 114,253 177,517 223,007 25.6 31.0 Montana 704 944 3,012 1,034 -65.7 47.0 Nebraska 14,330 10,909 8,923 20,605 130.9 43.8 Nevada 2,111 4,192 3,248 7,433 128.8 252.2 New Hampshire 54,580 62,911 58,579 50,602 -13.6 -7.3 New Jersey 291,985 285,065 270,354 327,483 21.1 12.2 New Mexico 3,982 5,445 5,480 5,659 3.3 42.1 New York 751,890 708,463 588,874 608,302 3.3 -19.1 North Carolina 386,291 266,097 348,594 442,935 27.1 14.7 North Dakota 1,443 1,308 1,291 1,327 2.8 -8.0 Ohio 151,537 147,494 118,996 125,515 5.5 -17.2 Oklahoma 21,176 21,360 43,990 21,337 -51.5 .8 Oregon 13,067 7,925 12,509 13,956 11.6 6.8 Pennsylvania 217,142 234,156 220,624 237,026 7.4 9.2 Rhode Island 6,683 6,545 6,330 7,832 23.7 17.2 South Carolina 71,396 121,280 175,928 82,712 -53.0 15.8 South Dakota 4,050 4,074 8,769 1,723 -80.4 -57.5 Tennessee 136,852 145,626 119,019 162,206 36.3 18.5 Texas 906,987 748,667 618,845 878,100 41.9 -3.2 Utah 5,946 5,287 7,920 18,892 138.5 217.7 Vermont 1,960 2,533 2,875 4,975 73.1 153.8 Virginia 100,516 80,458 75,557 52,482 -30.5 -47.8 Washington 11,072 98,196 23,905 345,225 1,344.2 3,017.9 West Virginia 5,081 2,393 1,703 2,780 63.2 -45.3 Wisconsin 75,069 71,178 79,948 73,563 -8.0 -2.0 Wyoming 1,534 1,517 1,644 338 -79.4 -77.9 Puerto Rico 677,652 687,577 733,687 716,465 -2.3 5.7 Virgin Islands 75,142 66,967 86,471 83,900 -3.0 11.7 Unallocated 960,678 1,040,348 1,088,155 1,173,967 7.9 22.2 U.S. Total 9,971,647 10,639,673 10,249,414 11,329,251 10.5 13.6 Note: The Caribbean countries include Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau