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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ SAUDI ARABIA Alabama 28,532 23,173 13,972 16,433 17.61 -42.41 Alaska 1,826 656 104 230 120.28 -87.42 Arizona 28,333 33,287 33,974 27,834 -18.07 -1.76 Arkansas 32,564 25,291 19,803 26,835 35.51 -17.59 California 721,645 1,414,107 811,174 280,249 -65.45 -61.17 Colorado 14,366 20,374 10,568 14,162 34.00 -1.42 Connecticut 62,570 51,606 44,760 85,660 91.38 36.90 Delaware 24,600 20,299 12,329 12,000 -2.67 -51.22 Dist. of Col. 514,724 498,277 237,031 194,683 -17.87 -62.18 Florida 173,376 135,005 132,884 117,274 -11.75 -32.36 Georgia 101,627 101,447 83,672 51,219 -38.79 -49.60 Hawaii 320 175 103 27 -74.31 -91.70 Idaho 3,865 3,231 2,690 3,593 33.54 -7.05 Illinois 349,075 314,313 197,338 193,801 -1.79 -44.48 Indiana 40,952 38,475 28,810 39,226 36.15 -4.22 Iowa 10,932 11,278 11,637 9,900 -14.93 -9.44 Kansas 64,777 51,668 39,016 31,485 -19.30 -51.39 Kentucky 40,065 31,564 25,795 19,758 -23.40 -50.69 Louisiana 138,235 114,572 111,004 60,353 -45.63 -56.34 Maine 4,545 895 3,274 1,457 -55.49 -67.93 Maryland 94,091 112,231 80,335 93,082 15.87 -1.07 Massachusetts 69,416 44,205 57,030 30,135 -47.16 -56.59 Michigan 618,013 666,010 481,722 630,081 30.80 1.95 Minnesota 67,525 50,905 63,959 74,783 16.92 10.75 Mississippi 7,555 5,408 7,869 4,855 -38.30 -35.73 Missouri 34,388 26,056 40,432 84,513 109.03 145.76 Montana 372 464 173 411 136.97 10.56 Nebraska 6,267 5,076 13,071 10,661 -18.44 70.12 Nevada 1,665 2,132 1,005 3,992 297.37 139.76 New Hampshire 2,857 5,085 11,467 1,902 -83.41 -33.42 New Jersey 264,576 341,362 373,536 249,753 -33.14 -5.60 New Mexico 2,278 946 444 3,837 764.08 68.40 New York 1,075,836 873,681 635,123 418,179 -34.16 -61.13 North Carolina 75,516 61,303 55,825 44,436 -20.40 -41.16 North Dakota 203 4,148 639 246 -61.53 21.19 Ohio 142,017 137,291 90,477 244,794 170.56 72.37 Oklahoma 34,026 27,308 17,782 26,224 47.48 -22.93 Oregon 40,316 5,929 6,820 14,542 113.25 -63.93 Pennsylvania 154,593 135,638 100,811 156,564 55.30 1.28 Rhode Island 929 3,535 2,789 1,514 -45.72 62.95 South Carolina 25,884 22,696 26,850 18,026 -32.86 -30.36 South Dakota 1,106 135 122 159 30.15 -85.66 Tennessee 60,583 55,701 40,419 40,921 1.24 -32.45 Texas 814,723 1,037,199 828,320 762,463 -7.95 -6.41 Utah 3,719 4,338 3,963 6,097 53.87 63.95 Vermont 1,226 2,509 9,409 8,211 -12.73 569.60 Virginia 276,451 285,486 364,771 313,559 -14.04 13.42 Washington 955,404 2,202,048 1,255,170 802,280 -36.08 -16.03 West Virginia 10,821 2,950 2,584 3,354 29.82 -69.00 Wisconsin 72,971 70,902 57,841 44,321 -23.38 -39.26 Wyoming 681 156 1,136 447 -60.61 -34.29 Puerto Rico 3,485 7,950 3,222 2,264 -29.72 -35.03 Virgin Islands 20 14 195 0 -100.00 -100.00 Unallocated 1,174,379 1,434,407 1,446,472 947,503 -34.50 -19.32 U.S. Total 8,450,821 10,524,898 7,901,722 6,230,289 -21.15 -26.28 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau