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 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ WORLD Alabama 4,537,234 4,560,189 4,898,862 5,624,496 14.8 24.0 Alaska 969,016 759,616 949,966 985,198 3.7 1.7 Arizona 13,556,747 10,752,998 10,123,011 9,996,673 -1.2 -26.3 Arkansas 2,211,589 1,934,109 1,828,873 2,067,816 13.1 -6.5 California 103,802,450 98,809,033 102,863,848 129,938,514 26.3 25.2 Colorado 11,329,185 10,733,342 11,171,162 12,265,236 9.8 8.3 Connecticut 12,897,120 12,139,749 11,335,139 13,179,936 16.3 2.2 Delaware 5,103,884 4,968,559 4,856,835 5,887,782 21.2 15.4 Dist. of Col. 4,880,984 4,392,398 4,344,494 4,728,162 8.8 -3.1 Florida 22,888,599 23,172,624 22,544,211 24,212,982 7.4 5.8 Georgia 9,810,037 11,212,056 11,060,577 11,772,441 6.4 20.0 Hawaii 303,166 211,372 243,506 368,837 51.5 21.7 Idaho 1,716,069 1,459,982 2,116,580 2,797,216 32.2 63.0 Illinois 34,225,044 33,838,066 30,856,534 32,249,262 4.5 -5.8 Indiana 13,097,315 13,949,086 14,583,916 14,812,562 1.6 13.1 Iowa 3,116,724 3,411,725 2,985,168 3,262,253 9.3 4.7 Kansas 5,133,178 4,402,843 4,856,336 5,050,263 4.0 -1.6 Kentucky 6,904,058 7,439,971 8,016,157 8,758,423 9.3 26.9 Louisiana 4,373,491 4,391,867 3,947,304 3,859,661 -2.2 -11.7 Maine 1,590,154 1,664,342 1,785,203 1,664,840 -6.7 4.7 Maryland 3,860,975 4,013,739 4,068,263 4,996,963 22.8 29.4 Massachusetts 17,368,057 16,467,254 17,105,841 19,747,184 15.4 13.7 Michigan 37,920,065 39,268,759 41,489,947 51,615,273 24.4 36.1 Minnesota 13,793,273 13,499,436 14,400,804 17,538,500 21.8 27.2 Mississippi 1,421,336 1,414,043 1,454,289 1,775,739 22.1 24.9 Missouri 7,043,043 6,832,445 7,431,059 7,930,633 6.7 12.6 Montana 429,822 390,025 403,999 550,763 36.3 28.1 Nebraska 2,493,682 2,471,576 1,991,417 3,140,640 57.7 25.9 Nevada 807,116 764,851 1,083,386 1,754,258 61.9 117.3 New Hampshire 1,930,984 1,986,545 2,159,090 2,475,184 14.6 28.2 New Jersey 20,815,367 20,032,935 21,007,591 28,778,302 37.0 38.3 New Mexico 1,779,860 1,896,156 2,964,882 645,356 -78.2 -63.7 New York 48,885,277 45,564,469 43,296,774 53,007,238 22.4 8.4 North Carolina 13,102,101 12,919,909 13,571,377 14,974,793 10.3 14.3 North Dakota 623,085 657,417 634,608 711,496 12.1 14.2 Ohio 25,106,457 24,814,804 26,561,694 29,124,848 9.6 16.0 Oklahoma 2,721,629 2,623,241 2,405,277 3,256,614 35.4 19.7 Oregon 8,358,568 8,143,544 11,164,311 9,434,154 -15.5 12.9 Pennsylvania 19,298,414 19,138,811 19,527,654 23,967,690 22.7 24.2 Rhode Island 1,126,500 1,113,086 1,104,714 1,169,054 5.8 3.8 South Carolina 5,673,836 5,856,943 6,476,471 7,817,552 20.7 37.8 South Dakota 435,264 373,541 1,143,374 497,493 -56.5 14.3 Tennessee 9,916,912 9,872,507 9,342,655 11,413,722 22.2 15.1 Texas 56,292,938 59,029,288 61,705,632 68,746,338 11.4 22.1 Utah 3,293,330 3,099,397 2,789,300 2,713,280 -2.7 -17.6 Vermont 2,592,089 2,757,708 2,826,650 2,660,099 -5.9 2.6 Virginia 11,512,427 11,459,928 10,722,377 10,547,132 -1.6 -8.4 Washington 31,745,600 37,960,354 36,825,865 33,355,218 -9.4 5.1 West Virginia 1,298,817 1,178,228 897,100 1,471,667 64.0 13.3 Wisconsin 9,791,517 9,221,445 9,546,275 10,858,186 13.7 10.9 Wyoming 175,916 158,404 155,760 141,848 -8.9 -19.4 Puerto Rico 5,528,117 6,126,535 7,893,586 7,723,564 -2.2 39.7 Virgin Islands 242,722 114,478 180,857 212,290 17.4 -12.5 Unallocated 57,766,857 55,048,520 53,120,060 52,183,005 -1.8 -9.7 U.S. Total 687,597,999 680,474,248 692,820,620 780,418,628 12.6 13.5 Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau