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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ HONG KONG Alabama 51,282 32,304 32,455 42,099 29.71 -17.91 Alaska 2,060 1,719 1,904 1,552 -18.48 -24.66 Arizona 503,516 329,564 365,363 368,070 .74 -26.90 Arkansas 146,934 108,800 126,580 101,732 -19.63 -30.76 California 3,926,209 3,502,738 3,692,804 4,450,271 20.51 13.35 Colorado 403,491 383,326 461,882 463,335 .31 14.83 Connecticut 207,503 176,024 186,035 159,107 -14.47 -23.32 Delaware 87,322 75,129 87,987 107,535 22.22 23.15 Dist. of Col. 11,797 8,415 7,380 6,491 -12.05 -44.98 Florida 192,989 158,344 188,848 261,371 38.40 35.43 Georgia 301,540 224,284 229,363 236,559 3.14 -21.55 Hawaii 8,120 6,219 4,549 7,358 61.77 -9.38 Idaho 72,522 36,217 78,741 101,602 29.03 40.10 Illinois 985,393 572,031 382,510 460,674 20.43 -53.25 Indiana 131,564 112,755 92,170 102,206 10.89 -22.31 Iowa 27,324 24,842 27,169 29,656 9.16 8.53 Kansas 29,349 27,485 31,968 86,411 170.31 194.43 Kentucky 41,803 37,296 39,784 61,330 54.16 46.71 Louisiana 27,705 27,053 19,771 11,844 -40.10 -57.25 Maine 44,392 30,010 34,014 35,273 3.70 -20.54 Maryland 73,012 90,111 93,829 120,566 28.50 65.13 Massachusetts 536,602 424,578 408,582 473,402 15.86 -11.78 Michigan 216,424 213,434 190,054 219,344 15.41 1.35 Minnesota 255,358 365,438 339,579 323,489 -4.74 26.68 Mississippi 15,229 11,057 18,869 25,483 35.05 67.34 Missouri 81,720 102,136 71,480 102,569 43.49 25.51 Montana 1,557 913 1,439 859 -40.34 -44.86 Nebraska 14,310 17,890 15,599 30,578 96.02 113.69 Nevada 14,458 16,220 15,375 45,413 195.37 214.09 New Hampshire 49,661 59,839 81,029 114,150 40.87 129.86 New Jersey 420,613 442,434 394,039 528,048 34.01 25.54 New Mexico 13,621 7,641 12,882 3,603 -72.03 -73.55 New York 1,646,598 1,163,164 1,179,778 1,475,950 25.10 -10.36 North Carolina 270,773 246,275 262,543 294,278 12.09 8.68 North Dakota 1,953 1,277 1,356 954 -29.63 -51.14 Ohio 361,280 251,324 262,356 277,573 5.80 -23.17 Oklahoma 15,695 12,781 12,397 16,205 30.72 3.25 Oregon 225,270 183,921 223,760 140,781 -37.08 -37.51 Pennsylvania 376,615 332,606 374,084 474,423 26.82 25.97 Rhode Island 34,515 41,808 40,876 48,398 18.40 40.22 South Carolina 103,015 97,614 66,713 81,171 21.67 -21.20 South Dakota 15,607 7,915 16,196 3,457 -78.66 -77.85 Tennessee 217,681 238,974 162,927 199,276 22.31 -8.45 Texas 974,436 784,244 732,113 1,005,029 37.28 3.14 Utah 39,118 33,294 49,851 61,335 23.04 56.79 Vermont 4,121 4,042 12,952 12,523 -3.32 203.89 Virginia 262,285 202,734 168,792 157,064 -6.95 -40.12 Washington 297,045 597,485 412,096 396,143 -3.87 33.36 West Virginia 14,809 7,331 8,216 15,430 87.81 4.20 Wisconsin 186,935 171,834 170,508 175,628 3.00 -6.05 Wyoming 2,448 1,325 2,296 3,331 45.07 36.11 Puerto Rico 28,502 21,794 31,463 49,508 57.35 73.70 Virgin Islands 146 286 0 392 . 169.34 Unallocated 1,140,624 895,204 721,827 654,334 -9.35 -42.63 U.S. Total 15,114,849 12,923,479 12,647,134 14,625,161 15.64 -3.24 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau