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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ EAST EUROPE Alabama 42,020 55,720 24,189 40,390 67.0 -3.9 Alaska 10,244 13,789 5,712 13,645 138.9 33.2 Arizona 177,708 116,452 32,513 21,632 -33.5 -87.8 Arkansas 342,355 233,279 73,911 46,722 -36.8 -86.4 California 657,222 749,040 783,967 683,161 -12.9 3.9 Colorado 306,998 159,315 80,223 156,636 95.3 -49.0 Connecticut 74,070 71,957 41,821 64,870 55.1 -12.4 Delaware 30,141 14,324 23,112 8,528 -63.1 -71.7 Dist. of Col. 68,379 91,829 107,772 97,634 -9.4 42.8 Florida 120,234 103,678 77,032 133,188 72.9 10.8 Georgia 202,130 173,554 113,629 131,710 15.9 -34.8 Hawaii 348 737 952 4,390 361.0 1,160.6 Idaho 23,570 9,329 18,196 5,650 -68.9 -76.0 Illinois 519,069 543,814 451,059 249,386 -44.7 -52.0 Indiana 41,762 52,262 41,786 42,311 1.3 1.3 Iowa 23,083 45,431 26,650 33,976 27.5 47.2 Kansas 33,955 30,768 14,957 37,197 148.7 9.5 Kentucky 40,682 142,989 121,370 246,091 102.8 504.9 Louisiana 29,790 43,805 22,313 34,189 53.2 14.8 Maine 2,668 3,472 4,921 3,255 -33.9 22.0 Maryland 219,608 107,789 79,824 83,907 5.1 -61.8 Massachusetts 130,336 117,199 118,890 135,007 13.6 3.6 Michigan 197,750 169,293 142,853 114,200 -20.1 -42.3 Minnesota 79,324 78,329 68,770 87,118 26.7 9.8 Mississippi 152,893 45,095 17,216 16,216 -5.8 -89.4 Missouri 112,111 69,644 47,512 35,533 -25.2 -68.3 Montana 345 426 73 206 182.1 -40.3 Nebraska 6,162 12,977 9,712 21,683 123.3 251.9 Nevada 6,403 7,893 4,510 9,533 111.4 48.9 New Hampshire 18,721 10,279 21,136 20,149 -4.7 7.6 New Jersey 260,844 224,520 228,736 311,178 36.0 19.3 New Mexico 4,319 6,495 3,241 4,887 50.8 13.1 New York 501,312 569,868 529,714 346,192 -34.6 -30.9 North Carolina 99,849 99,081 108,945 115,151 5.7 15.3 North Dakota 2,112 1,803 1,400 801 -42.8 -62.1 Ohio 108,260 127,553 104,851 119,345 13.8 10.2 Oklahoma 26,349 54,595 49,356 75,459 52.9 186.4 Oregon 34,396 46,836 56,680 51,308 -9.5 49.2 Pennsylvania 222,714 187,533 94,555 180,182 90.6 -19.1 Rhode Island 10,910 7,179 7,008 6,887 -1.7 -36.9 South Carolina 8,331 13,429 12,538 16,138 28.7 93.7 South Dakota 254 403 1,204 972 -19.3 282.2 Tennessee 153,050 89,221 67,165 47,485 -29.3 -69.0 Texas 383,463 354,436 466,495 498,426 6.8 30.0 Utah 12,609 14,942 9,985 12,850 28.7 1.9 Vermont 1,558 1,891 1,651 29,516 1,687.8 1,794.3 Virginia 704,370 524,708 205,294 191,922 -6.5 -72.8 Washington 735,372 1,177,728 636,951 595,718 -6.5 -19.0 West Virginia 5,325 4,421 2,078 3,752 80.5 -29.5 Wisconsin 217,655 80,979 44,076 129,751 194.4 -40.4 Wyoming 285 347 226 333 47.3 16.8 Puerto Rico 16,345 12,875 14,596 25,332 73.5 55.0 Virgin Islands 211 40 66 0 -100.0 -100.0 Unallocated 541,556 598,754 434,888 802,106 84.4 48.1 U.S. Total 7,721,533 7,474,105 5,658,283 6,143,807 8.6 -20.4 Note: Eastern Europe includes Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia , Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau