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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ SOUTH AMERICA Alabama 189,897 246,855 141,663 173,872 22.7 -8.4 Alaska 3,061 5,521 2,604 2,191 -15.9 -28.4 Arizona 198,060 249,139 238,010 422,106 77.3 113.1 Arkansas 52,310 57,817 27,592 40,757 47.7 -22.1 California 3,368,853 3,474,716 2,742,700 3,375,378 23.1 .2 Colorado 468,398 419,405 377,680 425,420 12.6 -9.2 Connecticut 786,353 856,364 575,256 567,587 -1.3 -27.8 Delaware 576,375 459,013 404,868 559,133 38.1 -3.0 Dist. of Col. 151,645 134,794 102,587 102,731 .1 -32.3 Florida 8,136,825 7,800,113 6,448,808 6,076,994 -5.8 -25.3 Georgia 908,901 1,164,002 759,679 719,820 -5.2 -20.8 Hawaii 373 227 1,217 7,264 496.9 1,848.5 Idaho 20,345 17,576 33,295 19,996 -39.9 -1.7 Illinois 2,576,779 2,472,825 1,976,264 2,079,255 5.2 -19.3 Indiana 636,457 700,317 686,226 946,947 38.0 48.8 Iowa 149,004 134,447 96,213 139,104 44.6 -6.6 Kansas 656,304 427,698 393,752 320,130 -18.7 -51.2 Kentucky 216,905 215,613 203,944 213,490 4.7 -1.6 Louisiana 305,481 264,367 189,037 173,276 -8.3 -43.3 Maine 25,278 33,313 27,941 48,951 75.2 93.7 Maryland 223,387 227,624 139,324 208,774 49.8 -6.5 Massachusetts 524,637 491,762 480,586 536,583 11.7 2.3 Michigan 1,482,847 1,391,837 849,005 1,622,303 91.1 9.4 Minnesota 489,131 478,930 426,014 482,996 13.4 -1.3 Mississippi 56,414 73,386 92,217 52,150 -43.4 -7.6 Missouri 532,911 475,481 572,387 573,250 .2 7.6 Montana 2,354 5,482 3,149 3,396 7.8 44.3 Nebraska 158,223 116,154 88,778 64,504 -27.3 -59.2 Nevada 28,931 28,892 29,158 43,270 48.4 49.6 New Hampshire 55,295 39,804 39,454 113,031 186.5 104.4 New Jersey 1,459,708 1,330,966 1,259,488 1,642,684 30.4 12.5 New Mexico 5,248 17,209 11,962 19,983 67.1 280.7 New York 2,807,478 2,792,122 2,051,343 2,161,887 5.4 -23.0 North Carolina 753,202 667,789 614,752 707,747 15.1 -6.0 North Dakota 11,819 10,978 6,462 10,090 56.2 -14.6 Ohio 1,318,311 1,332,787 1,051,767 787,171 -25.2 -40.3 Oklahoma 393,717 439,271 221,072 415,677 88.0 5.6 Oregon 161,306 148,705 112,744 390,345 246.2 142.0 Pennsylvania 1,408,010 1,114,422 932,495 1,160,057 24.4 -17.6 Rhode Island 53,337 36,578 29,246 37,412 27.9 -29.9 South Carolina 231,932 215,826 199,647 235,411 17.9 1.5 South Dakota 9,161 9,202 4,570 5,217 14.2 -43.1 Tennessee 571,736 611,224 524,506 515,072 -1.8 -9.9 Texas 4,808,234 4,640,454 4,472,201 4,269,365 -4.5 -11.2 Utah 96,083 89,660 90,468 107,513 18.8 11.9 Vermont 10,583 11,050 10,155 13,837 36.3 30.7 Virginia 725,502 698,105 452,835 466,421 3.0 -35.7 Washington 907,634 1,053,960 758,887 389,407 -48.7 -57.1 West Virginia 58,892 58,592 67,217 67,591 .6 14.8 Wisconsin 643,875 582,146 432,328 579,372 34.0 -10.0 Wyoming 8,592 6,391 3,974 6,284 58.1 -26.9 Puerto Rico 255,089 219,459 218,449 194,078 -11.2 -23.9 Virgin Islands 2,827 4,555 5,396 35,041 549.3 1,139.7 Unallocated 3,455,615 3,332,023 2,430,446 2,356,245 -3.1 -31.8 U.S. Total 43,139,627 41,886,951 34,111,815 36,688,567 7.6 -15.0 Note: South America consists of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau