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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ SWEDEN Alabama 8,762 12,039 14,855 15,143 1.94 72.82 Alaska 294 480 956 456 -52.30 55.45 Arizona 39,504 57,985 55,215 66,152 19.81 67.46 Arkansas 5,493 5,600 9,650 35,676 269.68 549.49 California 714,734 706,360 650,194 692,501 6.51 -3.11 Colorado 51,092 47,180 51,517 71,351 38.50 39.65 Connecticut 130,546 99,888 145,563 130,120 -10.61 -.33 Delaware 4,969 6,616 7,674 10,941 42.56 120.16 Dist. of Col. 67,430 103,707 40,489 15,353 -62.08 -77.23 Florida 88,775 91,146 86,013 93,052 8.18 4.82 Georgia 55,814 67,860 66,562 44,858 -32.61 -19.63 Hawaii 295 831 458 874 90.99 195.92 Idaho 8,842 6,932 4,477 3,077 -31.26 -65.20 Illinois 239,617 286,866 274,092 252,850 -7.75 5.52 Indiana 48,886 59,075 65,676 51,864 -21.03 6.09 Iowa 9,307 15,978 16,271 12,758 -21.59 37.08 Kansas 30,963 20,405 8,981 10,906 21.43 -64.78 Kentucky 10,243 15,539 17,101 6,328 -62.99 -38.22 Louisiana 26,442 13,139 7,449 4,508 -39.48 -82.95 Maine 6,065 5,778 4,190 4,115 -1.81 -32.16 Maryland 23,154 34,905 38,439 53,068 38.06 129.19 Massachusetts 142,904 165,555 151,675 162,343 7.03 13.60 Michigan 114,620 124,982 106,128 145,672 37.26 27.09 Minnesota 64,530 65,061 71,107 77,022 8.32 19.36 Mississippi 17,495 9,226 5,328 4,751 -10.82 -72.84 Missouri 17,186 15,051 16,135 49,564 207.18 188.39 Montana 759 656 1,679 848 -49.47 11.77 Nebraska 5,365 10,102 7,354 4,643 -36.87 -13.46 Nevada 9,070 9,814 7,166 11,335 58.18 24.97 New Hampshire 9,273 16,859 22,862 23,141 1.22 149.55 New Jersey 144,548 188,105 233,247 200,115 -14.20 38.44 New Mexico 1,462 1,035 2,486 12,741 412.57 771.21 New York 181,177 163,680 114,226 173,157 51.59 -4.43 North Carolina 68,322 68,685 78,095 56,415 -27.76 -17.43 North Dakota 347 465 545 603 10.82 73.94 Ohio 92,036 104,274 126,553 116,359 -8.06 26.43 Oklahoma 7,331 6,971 9,046 10,893 20.41 48.60 Oregon 44,793 49,448 52,297 72,339 38.32 61.50 Pennsylvania 105,806 119,714 117,344 145,991 24.41 37.98 Rhode Island 26,593 36,711 31,782 22,844 -28.12 -14.10 South Carolina 14,204 19,252 11,507 15,134 31.52 6.54 South Dakota 185 933 868 736 -15.20 297.93 Tennessee 53,966 70,889 48,695 46,275 -4.97 -14.25 Texas 110,240 121,677 210,146 308,948 47.02 180.25 Utah 12,914 24,194 8,068 14,200 76.00 9.95 Vermont 3,659 2,789 3,418 3,058 -10.52 -16.42 Virginia 109,973 114,586 90,128 87,013 -3.46 -20.88 Washington 59,616 311,219 823,492 883,425 7.28 1,381.86 West Virginia 1,237 5,215 4,940 5,971 20.88 382.68 Wisconsin 89,566 72,767 72,138 89,129 23.55 -.49 Wyoming 256 132 220 361 63.86 41.35 Puerto Rico 6,871 15,690 17,831 9,977 -44.05 45.21 Virgin Islands 14 0 0 0 . -100.00 Unallocated 228,172 245,334 226,229 225,927 -.13 -.98 U.S. Total 3,315,718 3,819,379 4,238,557 4,556,880 7.51 37.43 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau