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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ KOREA, SOUTH Alabama 268,824 130,966 299,712 125,878 -58.00 -53.17 Alaska 97,358 60,575 72,524 99,688 37.45 2.39 Arizona 296,867 352,861 334,603 342,236 2.28 15.28 Arkansas 33,082 24,376 32,069 20,362 -36.51 -38.45 California 6,494,230 4,005,102 5,890,721 9,237,690 56.82 42.24 Colorado 609,035 365,052 570,172 740,678 29.90 21.61 Connecticut 812,883 581,355 628,254 321,110 -48.89 -60.50 Delaware 190,191 114,841 174,358 208,599 19.64 9.68 Dist. of Col. 37,106 17,022 19,444 22,944 18.00 -38.17 Florida 341,345 216,613 266,364 351,540 31.98 2.99 Georgia 253,534 233,448 131,980 209,764 58.94 -17.26 Hawaii 9,738 5,541 10,734 18,493 72.28 89.90 Idaho 32,538 21,547 41,910 61,892 47.68 90.21 Illinois 892,572 626,760 690,028 775,232 12.35 -13.15 Indiana 227,088 127,862 132,889 206,890 55.69 -8.89 Iowa 90,831 46,873 54,175 69,645 28.55 -23.33 Kansas 179,126 127,261 186,489 217,363 16.56 21.35 Kentucky 99,574 45,139 72,744 125,159 72.05 25.69 Louisiana 127,014 126,003 155,949 111,182 -28.71 -12.47 Maine 65,560 42,713 44,358 59,607 34.38 -9.08 Maryland 95,411 67,045 88,690 95,514 7.69 .11 Massachusetts 616,468 320,137 464,380 700,423 50.83 13.62 Michigan 369,298 148,766 241,901 429,331 77.48 16.26 Minnesota 268,372 301,323 570,200 575,999 1.02 114.63 Mississippi 11,216 4,577 9,710 15,577 60.42 38.88 Missouri 151,700 72,502 135,802 127,112 -6.40 -16.21 Montana 4,336 3,140 2,481 20,266 716.68 367.34 Nebraska 184,718 111,364 106,140 288,292 171.61 56.07 Nevada 21,786 10,879 28,266 44,341 56.87 103.53 New Hampshire 31,740 14,725 27,984 32,715 16.90 3.07 New Jersey 1,356,679 693,172 861,052 1,135,140 31.83 -16.33 New Mexico 197,194 375,883 784,881 9,038 -98.85 -95.42 New York 1,423,275 747,919 944,193 1,257,704 33.20 -11.63 North Carolina 202,812 151,391 199,987 256,936 28.48 26.69 North Dakota 4,549 1,045 2,243 3,249 44.83 -28.59 Ohio 804,881 445,555 662,243 614,540 -7.20 -23.65 Oklahoma 45,318 11,344 28,619 60,144 110.15 32.71 Oregon 1,037,809 1,353,511 1,910,775 1,048,021 -45.15 .98 Pennsylvania 593,830 459,851 415,001 761,397 83.47 28.22 Rhode Island 20,165 11,588 18,811 20,499 8.97 1.66 South Carolina 67,485 44,852 164,317 84,231 -48.74 24.81 South Dakota 4,654 672 125,924 2,611 -97.93 -43.88 Tennessee 279,202 187,574 156,963 232,810 48.32 -16.62 Texas 1,352,641 1,084,431 1,841,376 2,076,912 12.79 53.54 Utah 107,110 46,279 92,459 140,276 51.72 30.96 Vermont 17,617 13,192 5,793 15,227 162.83 -13.57 Virginia 751,748 605,132 645,585 650,179 .71 -13.51 Washington 1,889,190 965,255 1,398,821 1,932,174 38.13 2.28 West Virginia 29,793 11,618 13,962 34,022 143.68 14.19 Wisconsin 187,877 79,681 119,717 190,523 59.14 1.41 Wyoming 3,301 3,752 5,294 1,111 -79.01 -66.35 Puerto Rico 34,992 32,543 32,885 45,487 38.32 29.99 Virgin Islands 18,410 37 5,777 51 -99.11 -99.72 Unallocated 1,722,694 885,627 1,032,239 1,674,078 62.18 -2.82 U.S. Total 25,066,768 16,538,271 22,953,951 27,901,881 21.56 11.31 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau