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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ TURKEY Alabama 21,015 16,571 17,660 49,121 178.14 133.74 Alaska 0 0 9,015 28 -99.69 . Arizona 20,218 71,635 13,911 74,711 437.07 269.52 Arkansas 898 3,159 4,820 378 -92.15 -57.84 California 548,152 331,479 220,212 284,548 29.22 -48.09 Colorado 22,848 21,926 17,619 18,044 2.41 -21.03 Connecticut 119,388 60,707 240,910 339,080 40.75 184.01 Delaware 23,560 7,534 17,336 23,867 37.67 1.30 Dist. of Col. 6,198 9,850 12,814 11,198 -12.61 80.68 Florida 64,247 107,344 84,453 49,671 -41.18 -22.69 Georgia 47,901 33,349 30,522 35,811 17.33 -25.24 Hawaii 45 25 41 17 -57.37 -61.49 Idaho 642 2,134 5,425 704 -87.02 9.60 Illinois 162,758 144,553 84,938 141,071 66.09 -13.33 Indiana 37,983 34,624 32,964 39,655 20.30 4.40 Iowa 8,348 17,664 5,446 11,269 106.93 34.99 Kansas 83,488 37,261 30,694 16,011 -47.84 -80.82 Kentucky 88,693 36,256 17,321 26,257 51.59 -70.40 Louisiana 13,317 25,672 38,429 8,563 -77.72 -35.70 Maine 2,176 3,314 3,231 7,268 124.96 233.93 Maryland 28,549 22,633 23,435 30,676 30.90 7.45 Massachusetts 54,878 39,402 42,486 30,712 -27.71 -44.04 Michigan 38,135 23,426 51,776 21,050 -59.34 -44.80 Minnesota 175,775 132,634 144,981 123,087 -15.10 -29.97 Mississippi 6,788 1,501 1,406 7,723 449.49 13.78 Missouri 82,562 14,355 42,011 41,143 -2.06 -50.17 Montana 127 139 24 198 722.82 55.68 Nebraska 2,517 1,787 15,200 21,783 43.31 765.44 Nevada 1,040 483 598 1,768 195.75 69.93 New Hampshire 2,270 3,224 3,913 4,482 14.56 97.48 New Jersey 284,437 265,685 125,657 147,347 17.26 -48.20 New Mexico 293 258 435 219 -49.55 -25.17 New York 276,882 249,272 149,027 201,478 35.20 -27.23 North Carolina 171,520 180,306 131,718 195,399 48.35 13.92 North Dakota 945 525 1,885 1,824 -3.25 93.02 Ohio 192,402 100,819 112,659 99,465 -11.71 -48.30 Oklahoma 9,905 8,204 9,840 9,040 -8.13 -8.73 Oregon 4,383 11,147 7,038 10,294 46.26 134.88 Pennsylvania 63,730 111,268 53,127 80,740 51.98 26.69 Rhode Island 1,919 1,446 1,259 1,910 51.74 -.44 South Carolina 14,746 13,011 7,852 10,681 36.02 -27.56 South Dakota 1,842 120 175 99 -43.26 -94.61 Tennessee 155,226 123,610 73,747 190,674 158.55 22.84 Texas 290,078 295,138 277,947 236,438 -14.93 -18.49 Utah 4,344 8,313 19,179 30,108 56.99 593.05 Vermont 679 1,793 888 2,893 225.95 326.05 Virginia 138,677 169,615 122,411 121,886 -.43 -12.11 Washington 33,035 501,371 623,181 815,139 30.80 2,367.53 West Virginia 7,398 1,307 3,773 5,226 38.52 -29.36 Wisconsin 34,403 28,613 19,546 26,668 36.44 -22.48 Wyoming 274 10 80 46 -42.29 -83.24 Puerto Rico 21,193 18,634 15,676 19,383 23.65 -8.54 Virgin Islands 45 0 0 0 . -100.00 Unallocated 166,530 217,424 226,534 104,484 -53.88 -37.26 U.S. Total 3,539,401 3,512,533 3,197,222 3,731,337 16.71 5.42 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau