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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ JAPAN Alabama 322,809 331,704 268,108 283,749 5.83 -12.10 Alaska 259,163 214,032 325,806 332,417 2.03 28.27 Arizona 1,806,410 679,557 799,724 396,853 -50.38 -78.03 Arkansas 117,187 90,228 105,992 91,284 -13.88 -22.10 California 17,927,386 14,939,216 14,653,155 17,976,090 22.68 .27 Colorado 1,691,392 1,370,756 1,407,943 1,463,570 3.95 -13.47 Connecticut 1,189,756 1,005,854 935,024 860,934 -7.92 -27.64 Delaware 555,954 531,485 443,975 477,385 7.53 -14.13 Dist. of Col. 116,384 294,036 465,351 551,743 18.56 374.07 Florida 588,246 541,673 553,153 1,400,738 153.23 138.12 Georgia 622,338 589,643 708,216 728,235 2.83 17.02 Hawaii 173,008 126,865 136,719 201,436 47.34 16.43 Idaho 317,057 233,548 229,712 376,709 63.99 18.81 Illinois 2,437,404 2,953,193 2,304,490 1,983,784 -13.92 -18.61 Indiana 729,856 696,660 687,809 753,081 9.49 3.18 Iowa 161,517 176,659 162,031 151,103 -6.74 -6.45 Kansas 921,810 830,290 947,660 1,082,153 14.19 17.39 Kentucky 1,384,979 1,436,054 1,372,167 1,361,981 -.74 -1.66 Louisiana 974,225 792,949 746,132 697,159 -6.56 -28.44 Maine 88,214 68,841 79,096 81,767 3.38 -7.31 Maryland 158,591 188,952 179,536 268,086 49.32 69.04 Massachusetts 1,968,997 1,859,345 1,793,025 2,074,595 15.70 5.36 Michigan 1,444,305 1,394,292 1,120,884 1,393,223 24.30 -3.54 Minnesota 1,089,849 822,278 894,711 1,380,762 54.32 26.69 Mississippi 49,220 44,266 24,280 30,431 25.33 -38.17 Missouri 307,591 367,813 317,699 289,994 -8.72 -5.72 Montana 23,089 19,420 28,487 35,693 25.29 54.59 Nebraska 870,847 808,315 309,023 1,001,562 224.11 15.01 Nevada 82,916 63,802 60,634 114,510 88.85 38.10 New Hampshire 108,955 96,269 88,675 118,462 33.59 8.73 New Jersey 1,648,234 1,431,980 1,880,123 2,461,232 30.91 49.33 New Mexico 60,126 26,103 30,862 45,922 48.80 -23.62 New York 5,369,251 4,535,954 4,224,267 5,537,650 31.09 3.14 North Carolina 811,016 779,571 731,009 580,147 -20.64 -28.47 North Dakota 9,683 6,087 6,616 14,753 123.00 52.36 Ohio 1,190,930 976,456 1,206,883 1,364,974 13.10 14.61 Oklahoma 178,707 97,828 75,289 78,081 3.71 -56.31 Oregon 1,271,765 1,145,204 1,603,013 1,731,449 8.01 36.15 Pennsylvania 1,162,032 961,116 956,112 1,280,354 33.91 10.18 Rhode Island 89,422 114,884 83,079 61,588 -25.87 -31.13 South Carolina 273,145 247,784 236,041 400,343 69.61 46.57 South Dakota 22,047 14,698 580,679 20,729 -96.43 -5.98 Tennessee 692,763 614,743 554,962 630,171 13.55 -9.04 Texas 2,218,421 1,846,395 2,109,519 2,937,848 39.27 32.43 Utah 516,752 387,896 280,963 330,802 17.74 -35.98 Vermont 31,285 26,380 35,799 35,944 .41 14.89 Virginia 1,434,217 1,458,003 1,476,222 1,815,893 23.01 26.61 Washington 6,561,609 6,287,044 6,056,147 4,734,698 -21.82 -27.84 West Virginia 105,541 115,178 70,584 93,775 32.85 -11.15 Wisconsin 693,721 639,581 680,613 646,612 -5.00 -6.79 Wyoming 11,075 3,572 4,706 2,218 -52.86 -79.97 Puerto Rico 448,736 427,997 547,846 506,892 -7.48 12.96 Virgin Islands 52 1,141 816 344 -57.78 558.95 Unallocated 2,382,607 2,174,287 1,902,168 1,982,457 4.22 -16.79 U.S. Total 65,672,594 57,887,875 57,483,535 65,254,366 13.52 -.64 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau