EXHIBIT 2A. ORIGIN OF MOVEMENT OF U.S. EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE BY STATE, BY SIC-BASED GROUPINGS, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: March 1999 In millions of dollars. Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) shipments are included in the U.S. total,and distributed among individual states and territories. Separate FTZ total line is for reference only.Details may not equal totals due to rounding. SIC-Based Product Code Groupings Manufactured Commodities Cumulative to date Item March Total Percent U.S. Total 52,460.8 144,352.7 100.0 Foreign Trade Zone 767.4 2,221.6 1.5 Alabama 505.6 1,352.7 0.9 Alaska 46.1 102.8 0.1 Arizona 903.5 2,515.0 1.7 Arkansas 177.3 495.0 0.3 California 6,745.8 18,263.4 12.7 Colorado 468.4 1,242.6 0.9 Connecticut 569.8 1,490.0 1.0 Delaware 186.4 514.4 0.4 Florida 1,963.1 5,432.5 3.8 Georgia 981.7 2,912.1 2.0 Hawaii 23.9 45.2 (-) Idaho 185.7 478.8 0.3 Illinois 2,431.6 6,511.1 4.5 Indiana 1,065.6 2,928.4 2.0 Iowa 336.7 891.9 0.6 Kansas 298.5 911.8 0.6 Kentucky 689.4 1,823.7 1.3 Louisiana 697.2 2,022.3 1.4 Maine 188.3 517.2 0.4 Maryland 322.3 808.3 0.6 Massachusetts 1,366.4 3,609.0 2.5 Michigan 2,635.2 7,215.3 5.0 Minnesota 667.4 1,881.9 1.3 Mississippi 155.7 466.4 0.3 Missouri 478.2 1,312.6 0.9 Montana 26.4 82.2 0.1 Nebraska 158.2 413.9 0.3 Nevada 57.1 172.9 0.1 New Hampshire 175.6 426.9 0.3 New Jersey 1,153.8 3,157.8 2.2 New Mexico 288.1 796.0 0.6 New York 2,346.2 6,434.9 4.5 North Carolina 1,155.9 3,214.2 2.2 North Dakota 64.5 136.7 0.1 Ohio 2,199.9 5,871.8 4.1 Oklahoma 248.9 715.9 0.5 Oregon 691.8 1,864.6 1.3 Pennsylvania 1,288.4 3,555.6 2.5 Rhode Island 75.0 229.4 0.2 South Carolina 629.7 1,807.6 1.3 South Dakota 32.9 87.9 0.1 Tennessee 789.7 2,152.5 1.5 Texas 5,797.2 16,211.2 11.2 Utah 252.5 673.6 0.5 Vermont 244.4 681.4 0.5 Virginia 964.0 2,478.3 1.7 Washington 3,517.9 9,151.1 6.3 West Virginia 135.9 334.8 0.2 Wisconsin 756.3 2,155.5 1.5 Wyoming 33.8 105.1 0.1 Dist of Columbia 20.3 127.4 0.1 Puerto Rico 616.5 1,829.8 1.3 USVirgin Islands 7.1 40.4 (-) Other 4,643.6 13,539.0 9.4 Estimated Shipments 933.2 2,848.8 2.0 Unreported (2) 3,710.4 10,690.2 7.4 Timing Adjustment (-) 160.4 (-) ____________________________________________________________ Non-Manufactured Commodities (1) Cumulative to date Item March Total Percent U.S. Total 3,712.7 10,287.2 100.0 Foreign Trade Zone 14.2 46.3 0.5 Alabama 39.9 113.9 1.1 Alaska 232.8 415.3 4.0 Arizona 30.8 114.7 1.1 Arkansas 15.6 32.4 0.3 California 490.8 1,423.5 13.8 Colorado 23.6 49.5 0.5 Connecticut 32.8 90.0 0.9 Delaware 2.5 7.9 0.1 Florida 110.8 303.4 2.9 Georgia 75.3 181.9 1.8 Hawaii 3.4 10.2 0.1 Idaho 10.5 38.2 0.4 Illinois 49.3 138.4 1.3 Indiana 13.2 41.6 0.4 Iowa 33.8 64.9 0.6 Kansas 27.8 96.0 0.9 Kentucky 19.8 63.2 0.6 Louisiana 669.6 2,055.4 20.0 Maine 9.7 29.4 0.3 Maryland 10.7 35.7 0.3 Massachusetts 62.0 160.0 1.6 Michigan 48.7 121.7 1.2 Minnesota 56.0 139.1 1.4 Mississippi 16.0 29.2 0.3 Missouri 16.9 56.2 0.5 Montana 4.9 24.5 0.2 Nebraska 26.3 51.6 0.5 Nevada 3.6 11.8 0.1 New Hampshire 3.5 12.0 0.1 New Jersey 61.6 164.4 1.6 New Mexico 1.9 5.3 0.1 New York 122.0 356.2 3.5 North Carolina 113.0 341.0 3.3 North Dakota 13.7 35.3 0.3 Ohio 28.8 76.8 0.7 Oklahoma 6.8 31.0 0.3 Oregon 122.9 316.9 3.1 Pennsylvania 52.1 138.5 1.3 Rhode Island 11.5 28.0 0.3 South Carolina 12.3 33.6 0.3 South Dakota 8.1 21.2 0.2 Tennessee 24.4 53.5 0.5 Texas 257.5 795.7 7.7 Utah 11.2 36.9 0.4 Vermont 3.1 8.6 0.1 Virginia 96.6 253.8 2.5 Washington 218.3 592.9 5.8 West Virginia 49.1 122.6 1.2 Wisconsin 20.9 61.4 0.6 Wyoming 2.8 6.0 0.1 Dist of Columbia 2.3 6.6 0.1 Puerto Rico 2.2 5.2 0.1 USVirgin Islands (-) 0.1 (-) Other 329.1 884.2 8.6 Estimated Shipments (-) (-) (-) Unreported (2) 329.1 884.2 8.6 Timing Adjustment (-) (-) (-) ___________________________________________________________ Reexports Total Cumulative Cumulative Item March to date March to date U.S. Total 4,244.0 11,603.4 60,417.5 166,243.3 Foreign Trade Zone 22.7 77.5 804.3 2,345.4 Alabama 19.3 53.4 564.8 1,520.0 Alaska 0.6 1.7 279.6 519.9 Arizona 63.8 188.0 998.0 2,817.7 Arkansas 2.7 8.1 195.6 535.5 California 1,062.9 2,948.4 8,299.4 22,635.4 Colorado 31.9 92.8 523.9 1,384.9 Connecticut 26.6 82.6 629.2 1,662.5 Delaware 9.4 85.1 198.3 607.4 Florida 115.7 380.3 2,189.7 6,116.2 Georgia 44.5 139.0 1,101.5 3,233.1 Hawaii 4.3 15.0 31.5 70.4 Idaho 2.8 7.4 199.0 524.5 Illinois 155.3 379.6 2,636.2 7,029.1 Indiana 41.5 107.5 1,120.3 3,077.5 Iowa 8.2 19.2 378.7 976.0 Kansas 28.2 82.7 354.5 1,090.5 Kentucky 47.5 119.7 756.7 2,006.5 Louisiana 13.3 32.2 1,380.1 4,109.9 Maine 7.8 17.1 205.8 563.6 Maryland 19.0 100.4 352.1 944.4 Massachusetts 90.0 230.7 1,518.5 3,999.8 Michigan 152.7 416.8 2,836.6 7,753.8 Minnesota 44.9 120.5 768.3 2,141.5 Mississippi 4.0 9.7 175.7 505.3 Missouri 13.4 39.7 508.5 1,408.5 Montana 0.6 2.0 31.8 108.8 Nebraska 5.4 13.2 189.9 478.7 Nevada 21.7 51.0 82.4 235.7 New Hampshire 13.6 40.8 192.7 479.8 New Jersey 239.9 504.7 1,455.3 3,826.8 New Mexico 1.6 3.7 291.5 805.0 New York 524.7 1,562.1 2,992.8 8,353.1 North Carolina 73.3 155.0 1,342.2 3,710.2 North Dakota 2.4 7.2 80.6 179.2 Ohio 70.1 186.1 2,298.8 6,134.6 Oklahoma 6.4 17.4 262.0 764.3 Oregon 52.5 141.8 867.1 2,323.3 Pennsylvania 81.8 224.2 1,422.2 3,918.3 Rhode Island 7.0 16.5 93.5 273.9 South Carolina 18.0 56.0 660.0 1,897.2 South Dakota 3.3 11.0 44.3 120.1 Tennessee 46.8 129.0 860.8 2,334.9 Texas 606.3 1,559.2 6,661.0 18,566.1 Utah 6.0 19.4 269.6 729.8 Vermont 142.5 398.0 389.9 1,087.9 Virginia 48.4 115.4 1,108.9 2,847.5 Washington 67.5 196.6 3,803.8 9,940.6 West Virginia 3.5 8.3 188.5 465.8 Wisconsin 23.0 63.8 800.2 2,280.7 Wyoming 0.2 1.0 36.7 112.1 Dist of Columbia 3.8 7.5 26.4 141.5 Puerto Rico 20.7 65.0 639.4 1,900.0 USVirgin Islands 0.1 0.3 7.2 40.7 Other 142.8 369.5 5,115.6 14,792.7 Estimated Shipments (-) (-) 933.2 2,848.8 Unreported (2) 142.8 369.5 4,182.4 11,944.0 Timing Adjustment (-) (-) (-) 160.4 (1) Includes agricultural, forestry, fishery products, mineral commodities, scrap, waste, used or second-hand merchandise and timing adjustments. The state of origin of movement values totals for non-manufactured commodities usually reflect the state where the U. S. port of export is located. (2) Includes prior month's revision to exports to Canada. CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/" NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."