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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ OPEC Alabama 103,612 106,242 53,867 80,366 49.2 -22.4 Alaska 6,892 4,088 1,549 948 -38.8 -86.2 Arizona 104,453 85,358 94,056 61,079 -35.1 -41.5 Arkansas 48,554 36,906 28,123 41,246 46.7 -15.1 California 2,184,612 2,410,372 1,666,812 1,407,459 -15.6 -35.6 Colorado 113,602 199,888 105,346 83,520 -20.7 -26.5 Connecticut 543,438 410,507 333,769 429,227 28.6 -21.0 Delaware 142,919 96,088 86,484 104,205 20.5 -27.1 Dist. of Col. 827,807 590,622 299,825 288,017 -3.9 -65.2 Florida 1,647,160 1,772,043 1,413,150 1,486,847 5.2 -9.7 Georgia 344,643 345,792 278,187 287,321 3.3 -16.6 Hawaii 6,670 796 911 732 -19.7 -89.0 Idaho 21,419 13,123 24,921 63,021 152.9 194.2 Illinois 1,275,516 1,016,783 739,677 662,726 -10.4 -48.0 Indiana 104,545 91,561 86,011 107,641 25.1 3.0 Iowa 44,322 39,015 39,273 89,182 127.1 101.2 Kansas 364,658 250,663 232,893 245,520 5.4 -32.7 Kentucky 107,730 89,058 81,398 71,664 -12.0 -33.5 Louisiana 344,835 305,761 277,957 410,798 47.8 19.1 Maine 18,897 16,706 19,679 10,438 -47.0 -44.8 Maryland 206,858 183,028 170,114 276,722 62.7 33.8 Massachusetts 257,102 188,797 172,747 135,710 -21.4 -47.2 Michigan 1,439,088 1,428,442 1,035,843 1,367,650 32.0 -5.0 Minnesota 451,013 305,297 431,870 457,989 6.0 1.5 Mississippi 23,568 23,746 46,534 16,632 -64.3 -29.4 Missouri 215,475 207,409 242,461 214,592 -11.5 -.4 Montana 923 1,160 264 1,079 308.9 16.9 Nebraska 162,802 85,316 64,778 80,167 23.8 -50.8 Nevada 8,806 15,096 9,176 22,107 140.9 151.0 New Hampshire 23,486 17,951 31,457 17,749 -43.6 -24.4 New Jersey 867,532 686,639 721,802 695,306 -3.7 -19.9 New Mexico 11,795 5,859 7,021 13,585 93.5 15.2 New York 2,037,614 1,827,406 1,480,548 1,273,464 -14.0 -37.5 North Carolina 268,924 240,975 218,539 220,043 .7 -18.2 North Dakota 1,334 6,047 2,078 2,735 31.6 105.0 Ohio 479,895 472,545 322,750 528,548 63.8 10.1 Oklahoma 297,689 258,200 178,576 246,531 38.1 -17.2 Oregon 170,889 100,063 111,095 176,908 59.2 3.5 Pennsylvania 563,704 461,218 356,875 490,187 37.4 -13.0 Rhode Island 8,720 9,740 9,959 7,162 -28.1 -17.9 South Carolina 122,504 70,257 71,600 95,193 33.0 -22.3 South Dakota 3,878 5,826 11,371 2,185 -80.8 -43.7 Tennessee 261,575 281,416 221,612 248,655 12.2 -4.9 Texas 3,701,637 3,658,956 3,061,435 2,752,814 -10.1 -25.6 Utah 26,425 25,157 27,466 22,194 -19.2 -16.0 Vermont 9,363 6,942 12,986 16,879 30.0 80.3 Virginia 543,949 524,290 606,472 495,061 -18.4 -9.0 Washington 1,866,626 3,194,275 2,154,271 1,389,249 -35.5 -25.6 West Virginia 20,692 11,713 8,394 16,565 97.3 -19.9 Wisconsin 280,474 191,986 153,035 188,083 22.9 -32.9 Wyoming 3,845 2,477 4,177 967 -76.9 -74.9 Puerto Rico 59,443 39,826 52,938 53,908 1.8 -9.3 Virgin Islands 981 546 3,822 33,939 788.0 3,358.9 Unallocated 2,786,923 2,694,995 2,255,828 1,742,129 -22.8 -37.5 U.S. Total 25,541,817 25,114,966 20,123,780 19,234,644 -4.4 -24.7 Note: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) consists of Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau