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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ SINGAPORE Alabama 62,495 40,061 28,436 25,673 -9.72 -58.92 Alaska 943 2,828 7,788 2,657 -65.89 181.65 Arizona 473,183 301,280 312,224 420,308 34.62 -11.17 Arkansas 20,545 14,132 13,472 11,054 -17.95 -46.20 California 5,336,744 4,368,098 4,515,644 5,302,287 17.42 -.65 Colorado 622,455 745,916 736,112 481,983 -34.52 -22.57 Connecticut 270,171 282,855 243,531 279,948 14.95 3.62 Delaware 147,499 135,443 157,944 155,702 -1.42 5.56 Dist. of Col. 41,374 37,086 45,788 25,938 -43.35 -37.31 Florida 319,851 449,067 474,829 180,322 -62.02 -43.62 Georgia 213,343 134,205 172,632 206,943 19.88 -3.00 Hawaii 11,851 6,581 7,561 10,293 36.13 -13.14 Idaho 120,225 99,039 248,911 364,462 46.42 203.15 Illinois 720,605 516,285 581,652 714,226 22.79 -.89 Indiana 185,208 149,770 134,836 146,397 8.57 -20.96 Iowa 54,974 56,760 51,474 38,327 -25.54 -30.28 Kansas 33,500 24,474 42,389 45,979 8.47 37.25 Kentucky 91,553 57,615 35,871 41,189 14.82 -55.01 Louisiana 45,619 48,776 43,889 43,958 .16 -3.64 Maine 166,133 290,507 389,855 36,323 -90.68 -78.14 Maryland 51,415 43,995 51,309 51,819 .99 .79 Massachusetts 544,776 430,406 583,877 627,175 7.42 15.13 Michigan 117,488 105,383 131,963 223,079 69.05 89.87 Minnesota 245,378 317,698 295,808 595,395 101.28 142.64 Mississippi 9,185 8,364 8,332 12,515 50.21 36.25 Missouri 102,105 108,736 137,577 750,506 445.52 635.04 Montana 3,991 6,147 3,939 18,982 381.90 375.56 Nebraska 29,043 25,131 34,881 29,266 -16.10 .77 Nevada 10,633 10,600 8,209 21,158 157.74 98.98 New Hampshire 56,742 68,885 93,530 57,385 -38.65 1.13 New Jersey 304,021 214,902 373,681 792,136 111.98 160.55 New Mexico 2,610 1,762 7,795 2,745 -64.78 5.19 New York 609,089 423,251 459,180 895,331 94.98 47.00 North Carolina 111,868 109,674 166,549 187,814 12.77 67.89 North Dakota 1,815 1,638 724 1,055 45.67 -41.87 Ohio 488,640 431,951 523,418 361,951 -30.85 -25.93 Oklahoma 70,399 66,251 56,015 66,625 18.94 -5.36 Oregon 449,846 284,441 298,381 294,326 -1.36 -34.57 Pennsylvania 675,029 548,677 462,201 503,335 8.90 -25.44 Rhode Island 18,432 16,854 24,780 43,265 74.60 134.73 South Carolina 44,697 32,601 36,151 48,786 34.95 9.15 South Dakota 4,685 4,063 13,670 9,311 -31.89 98.75 Tennessee 165,710 152,215 170,072 187,661 10.34 13.25 Texas 2,015,805 1,964,449 1,629,589 1,737,848 6.64 -13.79 Utah 64,619 41,049 46,760 55,501 18.69 -14.11 Vermont 10,496 4,700 6,895 12,728 84.60 21.26 Virginia 133,416 118,722 159,081 170,276 7.04 27.63 Washington 1,276,123 1,403,440 1,218,863 576,332 -52.72 -54.84 West Virginia 21,001 20,971 7,180 13,876 93.27 -33.93 Wisconsin 149,271 87,507 123,757 121,443 -1.87 -18.64 Wyoming 1,299 1,803 1,683 949 -43.65 -27.00 Puerto Rico 149,774 125,160 147,608 58,134 -60.62 -61.19 Virgin Islands 68 32 3,907 17 -99.55 -74.29 Unallocated 849,699 731,242 714,198 753,727 5.53 -11.29 U.S. Total 17,727,439 15,673,479 16,246,403 17,816,421 9.66 .50 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau