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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ TAIWAN Alabama 33,978 24,832 26,907 35,213 30.87 3.64 Alaska 18,377 7,651 12,484 4,551 -63.54 -75.23 Arizona 1,062,778 624,516 490,306 621,792 26.82 -41.49 Arkansas 30,264 34,134 25,353 11,938 -52.91 -60.55 California 6,184,815 5,577,928 6,528,739 9,360,348 43.37 51.34 Colorado 214,192 217,695 357,232 539,052 50.90 151.67 Connecticut 364,423 418,832 308,916 585,886 89.66 60.77 Delaware 205,101 166,455 200,512 265,119 32.22 29.26 Dist. of Col. 602,821 447,949 515,873 540,884 4.85 -10.27 Florida 131,204 96,864 167,007 112,785 -32.47 -14.04 Georgia 136,405 149,458 163,410 168,594 3.17 23.60 Hawaii 2,092 3,577 2,396 5,176 116.02 147.46 Idaho 97,156 77,488 161,837 125,583 -22.40 29.26 Illinois 496,088 516,924 443,058 663,804 49.82 33.81 Indiana 134,410 129,216 101,658 100,003 -1.63 -25.60 Iowa 35,090 26,443 28,710 28,293 -1.45 -19.37 Kansas 153,267 85,930 182,298 127,114 -30.27 -17.06 Kentucky 58,209 40,698 42,740 66,752 56.18 14.68 Louisiana 173,447 172,402 189,336 151,292 -20.09 -12.77 Maine 21,267 27,503 28,724 29,517 2.76 38.80 Maryland 64,711 67,031 74,347 101,148 36.05 56.31 Massachusetts 788,968 557,198 697,847 954,923 36.84 21.03 Michigan 207,630 173,995 168,312 279,943 66.32 34.83 Minnesota 257,057 269,034 364,201 530,136 45.56 106.23 Mississippi 6,982 3,366 7,081 10,629 50.10 52.22 Missouri 166,400 113,913 143,446 138,261 -3.61 -16.91 Montana 5,276 5,150 8,579 27,334 218.60 418.07 Nebraska 24,884 34,250 30,201 120,939 300.45 386.01 Nevada 10,558 14,880 13,090 26,969 106.02 155.42 New Hampshire 49,511 79,769 56,349 80,976 43.70 63.55 New Jersey 484,658 443,623 467,014 771,568 65.21 59.20 New Mexico 115,725 67,467 66,895 6,812 -89.82 -94.11 New York 944,684 784,001 623,602 903,399 44.87 -4.37 North Carolina 166,141 168,498 122,072 164,954 35.13 -.71 North Dakota 4,442 3,483 4,151 7,415 78.63 66.92 Ohio 368,881 379,485 301,519 315,183 4.53 -14.56 Oklahoma 15,610 29,456 20,743 18,428 -11.16 18.05 Oregon 1,063,371 593,792 585,926 469,453 -19.88 -55.85 Pennsylvania 521,331 591,259 645,372 871,628 35.06 67.19 Rhode Island 20,044 18,993 22,200 28,688 29.23 43.13 South Carolina 160,301 135,589 113,274 77,342 -31.72 -51.75 South Dakota 31,980 9,436 25,814 3,798 -85.29 -88.13 Tennessee 226,197 200,706 202,915 180,794 -10.90 -20.07 Texas 1,348,332 1,211,815 1,539,849 1,934,999 25.66 43.51 Utah 112,750 54,142 54,736 77,113 40.88 -31.61 Vermont 6,340 6,995 19,043 31,612 66.00 398.63 Virginia 152,762 135,582 112,638 105,865 -6.01 -30.70 Washington 797,044 1,541,603 550,867 1,236,358 124.44 55.12 West Virginia 13,215 7,453 6,060 23,825 293.16 80.29 Wisconsin 160,270 147,741 151,628 180,137 18.80 12.40 Wyoming 1,126 1,885 2,090 2,213 5.91 96.47 Puerto Rico 56,371 63,398 97,240 87,559 -9.96 55.33 Virgin Islands 111 63 0 30 . -72.76 Unallocated 1,878,860 1,395,586 1,844,531 1,066,150 -42.20 -43.26 U.S. Total 20,387,909 18,157,132 19,121,126 24,380,278 27.50 19.58 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau