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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ FRANCE Alabama 79,900 127,205 110,485 125,462 13.56 57.02 Alaska 1,973 3,672 9,445 4,724 -49.99 139.44 Arizona 382,198 439,397 381,447 359,512 -5.75 -5.94 Arkansas 45,752 53,945 37,877 85,766 126.43 87.46 California 2,422,703 2,239,217 2,334,127 3,231,168 38.43 33.37 Colorado 521,883 567,001 531,980 565,311 6.27 8.32 Connecticut 314,583 732,238 809,988 1,318,216 62.75 319.04 Delaware 99,869 105,335 119,272 92,869 -22.14 -7.01 Dist. of Col. 46,937 105,813 264,375 112,872 -57.31 140.48 Florida 397,541 348,325 483,022 430,687 -10.83 8.34 Georgia 279,572 291,287 276,119 239,493 -13.26 -14.34 Hawaii 1,300 1,113 1,507 2,143 42.21 64.89 Idaho 17,448 20,593 41,443 40,404 -2.51 131.57 Illinois 916,086 834,146 717,679 532,884 -25.75 -41.83 Indiana 389,159 444,034 538,271 606,482 12.67 55.84 Iowa 80,986 119,075 109,616 151,720 38.41 87.34 Kansas 98,192 98,052 124,810 87,547 -29.86 -10.84 Kentucky 366,472 359,406 338,916 231,614 -31.66 -36.80 Louisiana 65,052 44,107 28,192 48,642 72.54 -25.23 Maine 46,119 35,468 25,287 32,028 26.66 -30.55 Maryland 108,832 114,068 118,380 146,443 23.71 34.56 Massachusetts 626,725 673,529 761,092 1,166,379 53.25 86.11 Michigan 297,586 314,362 274,469 336,398 22.56 13.04 Minnesota 362,854 420,799 400,632 541,380 35.13 49.20 Mississippi 11,992 12,727 6,518 16,388 151.41 36.65 Missouri 81,178 119,947 90,882 83,742 -7.86 3.16 Montana 9,632 5,961 4,837 17,268 257.00 79.29 Nebraska 22,204 29,783 27,604 30,076 8.96 35.46 Nevada 24,123 23,280 30,218 32,216 6.61 33.55 New Hampshire 49,978 45,083 44,005 56,127 27.55 12.30 New Jersey 577,613 610,051 736,210 882,226 19.83 52.74 New Mexico 32,282 30,536 41,535 10,636 -74.39 -67.05 New York 1,270,359 1,345,253 1,299,400 2,794,369 115.05 119.97 North Carolina 298,288 315,662 317,683 302,425 -4.80 1.39 North Dakota 4,978 3,288 4,057 4,056 -.02 -18.52 Ohio 1,757,184 1,947,857 1,948,993 547,262 -71.92 -68.86 Oklahoma 80,614 63,515 48,873 36,679 -24.95 -54.50 Oregon 81,175 94,973 142,532 168,792 18.42 107.94 Pennsylvania 446,830 457,267 458,994 510,755 11.28 14.31 Rhode Island 18,299 17,702 19,578 23,630 20.69 29.13 South Carolina 108,031 94,292 103,858 139,091 33.92 28.75 South Dakota 7,353 4,978 6,052 2,657 -56.10 -63.87 Tennessee 283,572 298,949 246,919 339,777 37.61 19.82 Texas 584,498 737,264 727,465 726,735 -.10 24.33 Utah 41,074 37,179 48,732 36,543 -25.01 -11.03 Vermont 19,746 14,348 17,378 19,658 13.12 -.45 Virginia 210,509 248,955 204,566 200,424 -2.03 -4.79 Washington 342,464 971,250 1,500,861 1,047,720 -30.19 205.94 West Virginia 34,019 18,992 37,395 54,923 46.87 61.45 Wisconsin 453,993 327,657 412,548 465,337 12.80 2.50 Wyoming 1,256 1,922 918 367 -60.03 -70.80 Puerto Rico 318,160 407,219 589,998 474,006 -19.66 48.98 Virgin Islands 1,753 114 702 187 -73.32 -89.32 Unallocated 838,707 949,763 880,710 738,596 -16.14 -11.94 U.S. Total 15,981,589 17,727,954 18,838,451 20,252,812 7.51 26.73 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau