California Export Markets ranked by 1998 Dollar Value (in thousands)
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Rank	Market	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1997-98
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	TOTAL	68,066,338	78,190,363	92,038,432	98,634,002	103,802,445	98,809,031	-4.8%
1	JAPAN	11,431,602	14,536,556	18,288,757	19,704,649	17,927,386	14,939,216	-16.7%
2	CANADA	7,157,261	8,054,482	9,537,674	10,577,132	11,492,435	12,644,137	10.0%
3	MEXICO	5,116,637	5,956,980	6,171,573	7,787,343	9,941,950	10,798,216	8.6%
4	TAIWAN	4,451,366	4,923,907	5,503,508	5,396,485	6,184,815	5,577,928	-9.8%
5	UNITED KINGDOM	3,333,960	3,835,439	4,507,104	4,778,955	5,109,795	5,361,838	4.9%
6	GERMANY	3,393,467	3,406,807	3,752,935	3,798,585	3,761,352	4,369,206	16.2%
7	SINGAPORE	3,877,842	3,993,864	4,647,664	5,559,661	5,336,744	4,368,098	-18.2%
8	SOUTH KOREA	3,749,271	4,557,545	6,406,608	7,398,792	6,494,230	4,005,102	-38.3%
9	NETHERLANDS	1,978,463	2,624,324	2,914,303	2,138,126	3,096,047	3,569,470	15.3%
10	HONG KONG	2,904,990	3,019,886	3,541,337	3,481,557	3,926,209	3,502,738	-10.8%
11	MALAYSIA	1,510,328	2,342,861	3,816,166	3,252,523	3,025,656	2,590,602	-14.4%
12	CHINA	1,655,116	1,507,557	1,349,343	1,933,037	2,274,333	2,472,154	8.7%
13	FRANCE	2,069,319	2,387,917	2,443,752	2,552,311	2,422,703	2,239,217	-7.6%
14	AUSTRALIA	1,523,010	1,970,812	1,895,314	1,910,389	2,045,156	1,963,382	-4.0%
15	SAUDI ARABIA	343,851	265,384	304,564	281,679	721,645	1,414,107	96.0%
16	BRAZIL	653,819	866,074	1,031,455	1,260,762	1,395,633	1,406,996	0.8%
17	PHILIPPINES	1,021,939	1,213,100	1,615,988	1,800,847	1,739,192	1,404,673	-19.2%
18	ITALY	1,058,075	1,302,147	1,377,506	1,079,494	1,140,570	1,205,079	5.7%
19	THAILAND	961,950	1,449,696	1,758,408	1,892,967	2,074,008	1,203,860	-42.0%
20	BELGIUM	778,404	887,121	958,786	1,060,756	1,027,915	1,157,261	12.6%
21	SWITZERLAND	637,911	787,011	812,156	880,974	1,205,484	1,061,047	-12.0%
22	IRELAND	480,385	637,336	702,067	647,779	735,166	946,150	28.7%
23	SPAIN	521,115	593,324	777,732	769,048	716,038	735,440	2.7%
24	SWEDEN	484,383	536,326	602,285	933,077	714,734	706,360	-1.2%
25	ARGENTINA	390,625	399,866	340,821	390,296	616,324	672,190	9.1%
26	ISRAEL	358,822	385,180	499,800	587,293	609,875	592,766	-2.8%
27	CHILE	343,155	274,245	332,865	352,152	488,612	432,554	-11.5%
28	INDIA	325,034	253,486	393,000	405,813	397,522	397,896	0.1%
29	RUSSIA	197,971	220,302	277,079	266,678	332,191	391,040	17.7%
30	NEW ZEALAND	248,209	297,212	326,138	380,519	367,590	333,891	-9.2%
31	TURKEY	184,584	102,733	92,547	146,730	548,152	331,479	-39.5%
32	INDONESIA	645,730	404,639	499,603	771,539	801,762	321,056	-60.0%
33	REP. OF SOUTH AFRICA	198,068	213,606	220,286	263,233	257,982	318,573	23.5%
34	VENEZUELA	195,037	140,313	146,921	187,263	264,581	284,851	7.7%
35	COLOMBIA	130,713	172,167	170,302	193,124	228,793	267,614	17.0%
36	DENMARK	206,099	237,135	275,834	290,616	281,567	261,448	-7.1%
37	FINLAND	244,501	264,685	178,804	200,496	219,462	245,655	11.9%
38	AUSTRIA	226,737	219,601	222,861	238,065	213,701	234,849	9.9%
39	FRENCH GUIANA	312,069	178,086	424,736	56,774	80,070	234,260	192.6%
40	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	201,582	180,041	182,128	213,803	222,090	226,564	2.0%
41	NORWAY	205,041	214,352	246,026	278,330	363,008	210,772	-41.9%
42	LUXEMBOURG	37,356	50,993	49,253	41,890	107,745	208,699	93.7%
43	PANAMA	112,933	146,497	153,676	151,127	198,032	205,545	3.8%
44	GUATEMALA	90,056	81,783	102,305	122,526	156,202	197,336	26.3%
45	COSTA RICA	58,577	68,229	93,939	97,403	126,591	191,207	51.0%
46	PERU	60,111	74,321	100,773	88,260	155,734	190,462	22.3%
47	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	97,849	113,625	98,842	116,341	161,693	180,093	11.4%
48	EGYPT	130,957	137,216	163,117	146,866	153,274	115,729	-24.5%
49	ECUADOR	52,270	79,983	100,277	77,894	118,329	110,431	-6.7%
50	GREECE	94,934	82,290	61,644	83,177	88,381	110,277	24.8%
51	HONDURAS	32,496	35,022	40,001	50,267	102,439	101,366	-1.0%
52	POLAND	50,112	57,498	57,397	69,524	79,663	86,435	8.5%
53	KUWAIT	88,783	105,431	181,784	175,101	91,746	85,712	-6.6%
54	ARUBA	14,169	3,482	5,934	10,359	5,747	80,931	1308.2%
55	PORTUGAL	69,051	81,657	72,122	74,641	74,241	77,123	3.9%
56	EL SALVADOR	50,479	44,711	30,710	45,745	54,723	68,900	25.9%
57	CZECH REPUBLIC	31,649	51,659	75,977	77,344	59,227	66,764	12.7%
58	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	18,085	21,772	23,670	25,405	26,302	64,257	144.3%
59	HUNGARY	38,613	37,052	29,055	35,539	38,406	59,711	55.5%
60	VIETNAM	3,642	100,163	49,484	67,303	64,605	57,147	-11.5%
61	FRENCH POLYNESIA	46,575	39,462	43,592	46,711	54,251	54,211	-0.1%
62	URUGUAY	16,016	16,566	37,745	32,123	44,861	50,474	12.5%
63	BRUNEI	10,679	9,592	11,914	13,471	18,218	48,914	168.5%
64	LEBANON	25,285	35,601	30,549	38,990	41,555	42,589	2.5%
65	PARAGUAY	24,408	51,304	58,693	45,116	41,388	42,270	2.1%
66	BANGLADESH	124,724	14,609	20,736	19,679	32,588	40,454	24.1%
67	MOROCCO	9,163	8,666	15,334	14,655	18,341	37,352	103.7%
68	SRI LANKA	14,955	18,304	29,454	20,861	23,419	35,325	50.8%
69	PAKISTAN	37,299	45,821	43,765	46,908	34,990	34,752	-0.7%
70	JORDAN	18,924	14,442	16,237	14,205	34,180	29,669	-13.2%
71	QATAR	9,559	12,212	15,033	16,267	25,807	27,262	5.6%
72	ROMANIA	9,451	12,091	16,501	20,204	23,128	25,534	10.4%
73	UKRAINE	15,770	16,664	16,515	14,954	19,204	24,430	27.2%
74	JAMAICA	17,948	21,026	34,787	39,918	20,761	24,336	17.2%
75	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	17,050	12,878	4,332	13,675	31,660	23,711	-25.1%
76	SLOVENIA	14,673	19,812	26,806	26,731	20,383	22,620	11.0%
77	BAHAMAS	26,846	12,699	10,891	13,074	25,959	22,433	-13.6%
78	ICELAND	41,597	9,549	40,234	26,773	19,080	21,827	14.4%
79	BULGARIA	12,713	11,692	12,596	9,231	11,628	20,085	72.7%
80	OMAN	21,608	21,761	17,350	17,575	33,215	19,962	-39.9%
81	IRAQ	0	688	0	0	19,075	19,223	0.8%
82	NIGERIA	128,793	38,523	17,216	10,021	13,683	18,505	35.2%
83	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	5,288	6,702	6,375	12,499	10,743	17,820	65.9%
84	NICARAGUA	2,843	7,074	7,750	10,254	8,122	17,580	116.4%
85	BOLIVIA	13,398	8,068	6,763	8,698	14,598	16,874	15.6%
86	MALTA AND GOZO	4,818	9,637	18,857	20,595	15,795	14,432	-8.6%
87	MICRONESIA	13,079	10,641	9,991	12,059	13,910	14,294	2.8%
88	MYANMAR (BURMA)	3,642	915	1,821	18,291	9,645	14,287	48.1%
89	BERMUDA	12,282	12,072	12,865	8,577	13,149	14,236	8.3%
90	CYPRUS	7,126	8,061	9,514	10,870	11,059	13,728	24.1%
91	TUNISIA	6,883	31,007	13,345	11,882	15,526	13,283	-14.4%
92	ALGERIA	137,604	131,800	118,156	33,562	23,922	13,092	-45.3%
93	CROATIA	7,117	12,450	13,131	12,572	18,610	12,027	-35.4%
94	LATVIA	8,032	10,846	8,710	8,684	12,040	11,246	-6.6%
95	ST. VINCENT	364	463	295	342	772	11,245	1356.6%
96	SLOVAKIA	1,993	6,777	15,172	12,725	18,256	11,143	-39.0%
97	BAHRAIN	14,789	16,077	11,062	13,778	12,570	10,709	-14.8%
98	GHANA	9,870	8,661	9,774	9,947	13,204	10,697	-19.0%
99	MARSHALL ISLANDS	15,028	13,344	10,814	8,843	10,850	10,508	-3.2%
100	ARMENIA	18,135	9,151	3,009	1,459	30,356	10,115	-66.7%
101	MACAO	8,623	6,141	5,461	6,350	16,050	9,788	-39.0%
102	SYRIA	8,171	9,521	17,801	8,976	8,833	9,419	6.6%
103	BARBADOS	5,992	3,757	2,938	3,999	7,429	9,354	25.9%
104	KAZAKHSTAN	18,579	11,501	2,670	70,010	4,080	8,595	110.7%
105	KENYA	5,775	10,311	6,086	6,752	12,643	8,541	-32.4%
106	LITHUANIA	1,779	2,290	4,313	5,033	8,651	8,166	-5.6%
107	CAYMAN ISLANDS	3,219	2,608	2,437	5,182	4,830	8,121	68.1%
108	GEORGIA	33	151	1,620	1,828	5,581	8,050	44.2%
109	PALAU	5,543	4,476	3,105	5,372	8,097	7,932	-2.0%
110	YUGOSLAVIA	36	0	7	6,260	5,328	7,464	40.1%
111	FIJI	5,695	4,926	4,780	5,197	4,630	7,412	60.1%
112	TONGA	2,321	2,784	2,944	3,414	3,329	6,194	86.1%
113	ESTONIA	2,122	3,578	4,465	3,332	4,969	6,107	22.9%
114	DOMINICA	413	207	203	1,956	3,841	5,860	52.6%
115	NEW CALEDONIA	7,192	10,080	6,278	7,551	8,108	5,423	-33.1%
116	ZIMBABWE	11,008	9,361	3,927	4,288	6,996	5,197	-25.7%
117	HAITI	816	715	3,026	5,024	6,560	4,785	-27.1%
118	UZBEKISTAN	162	2,244	3,803	5,495	3,720	4,226	13.6%
119	WESTERN SAMOA	3,674	3,346	2,559	4,876	4,319	4,030	-6.7%
120	YEMEN (SANA)	3,707	3,104	2,890	4,334	6,202	3,628	-41.5%
121	BELIZE	2,728	2,988	1,575	1,569	6,345	3,412	-46.2%
122	UGANDA	455	800	2,111	791	1,252	3,409	172.3%
123	GABON	5,550	547	8,775	1,018	2,990	3,401	13.7%
124	BENIN	2,943	2,386	2,857	2,951	3,322	3,039	-8.5%
125	BELARUS	4,861	1,720	2,197	2,019	2,488	2,923	17.5%
126	ETHIOPIA	2,981	4,771	3,931	5,754	4,035	2,741	-32.1%
127	ANTIGUA & BARBUDA	1,188	1,394	679	1,613	2,572	2,623	2.0%
128	CAMBODIA	2,015	3,108	12,675	10,253	7,463	2,589	-65.3%
129	BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA	37	0	283	122	4,240	2,527	-40.4%
130	FALKLAND ISLANDS	0	0	261	55	14	2,400	17042.9%
131	MACEDONIA (SKOPJE)	1,974	1,414	1,343	1,126	14,732	2,296	-84.4%
132	TANZANIA	841	3,631	1,056	2,405	5,461	2,278	-58.3%
133	ZAMBIA	1,204	1,367	1,600	2,112	2,125	2,206	3.8%
134	ST. LUCIA	1,838	1,455	1,430	2,158	1,676	2,135	27.4%
135	IVORY COAST	4,140	4,911	1,241	3,360	3,322	2,078	-37.4%
136	BRITISH VIRGIN IS.	868	929	624	574	1,595	2,042	28.0%
137	CAMEROON	515	636	306	536	989	1,959	98.1%
138	ZAIRE	6,071	5,091	2,068	1,653	2,245	1,924	-14.3%
139	MOLDOVA	253	546	77	188	497	1,901	282.5%
140	ANGOLA	52,504	33,794	2,473	3,373	17,122	1,849	-89.2%
141	DJIBOUTI	918	907	309	138	928	1,832	97.4%
142	BOTSWANA	592	1,307	1,215	712	1,055	1,772	68.0%
143	SEYCHELLES	4,551	2,617	1,943	1,567	2,117	1,632	-22.9%
144	SENEGAL	1,507	1,372	2,060	948	687	1,597	132.5%
145	MAURITIUS	2,815	2,272	5,188	2,272	2,353	1,520	-35.4%
146	NIGER	449	1,218	450	1,187	1,857	1,346	-27.5%
147	LIECHTENSTEIN	243	670	608	343	255	1,344	427.1%
148	ERITREA	0	312	1,733	251	578	1,343	132.4%
149	MADAGASCAR	1,133	313	255	488	855	1,261	47.5%
150	KYRGYZSTAN	182	163	56	340	489	1,241	153.8%
151	ANDORRA	367	315	3,977	11,732	3,008	1,235	-58.9%
152	GUADELOUPE	2,419	1,284	978	1,347	2,235	1,187	-46.9%
153	SURINAME	246	220	294	1,099	1,823	1,157	-36.5%
154	GUYANA	1,179	947	1,881	1,217	772	975	26.3%
155	KIRIBATI	4,926	3,457	479	1,284	736	968	31.5%
156	AFGHANISTAN	478	1,117	212	999	220	965	338.6%
157	GUINEA	330	1,133	287	999	1,602	947	-40.9%
158	SAN MARINO	529	1,661	2,637	478	361	830	129.9%
159	AZERBAIJAN	196	958	1,824	481	2,373	796	-66.5%
160	MALDIVES	80	166	248	247	2,598	790	-69.6%
161	CONGO	802	771	3,908	142	511	757	48.1%
162	MARTINIQUE	1,205	1,038	763	833	698	725	3.9%
163	MOZAMBIQUE	8,866	10,520	7,697	1,360	1,235	704	-43.0%
164	ST. CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS	410	500	1,003	1,103	1,038	648	-37.6%
165	MONGOLIA	9	139	142	382	3,333	608	-81.8%
166	LIBERIA	441	385	435	165	1,360	585	-57.0%
167	ANTARCTIC LANDS	3	5	0	154	21	570	2614.3%
168	TURKS & CAICOS IS.	101	160	60	266	382	515	34.8%
169	GRENADA	439	330	172	533	678	509	-24.9%
170	FAROE ISLANDS	113	0	44	16	345	507	47.0%
171	GREENLAND	280	211	140	356	998	506	-49.3%
172	NEPAL	1,508	1,577	1,706	600	708	455	-35.7%
173	ANGUILLA	805	238	171	484	309	455	47.2%
174	NAMIBIA	286	227	693	234	218	417	91.3%
175	CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.	211	81	80	64	36	413	1047.2%
176	COOK ISLANDS	696	752	628	378	446	389	-12.8%
177	LAOS	363	131	301	1,078	1,178	379	-67.8%
178	MALAWI	97	124	867	395	3,099	338	-89.1%
179	BURUNDI	13	475	95	305	117	337	188.0%
180	MAURITANIA	35	25	13	1,446	78	318	307.7%
181	TOGO	31	290	1,059	175	394	317	-19.5%
182	REUNION ISLAND	272	708	1,066	165	318	314	-1.3%
183	VATICAN CITY	45	13	241	90	0	313	.
184	MONACO	386	213	246	450	509	303	-40.5%
185	SIERRA LEONE	296	380	159	1,310	62	303	388.7%
186	SWAZILAND	104	92	190	208	178	275	54.5%
187	MALI	19,343	11,455	3,306	2,979	892	271	-69.6%
188	THE GAMBIA	133	88	80	339	137	258	88.3%
189	NORFOLK ISLAND	28	91	30	17	271	256	-5.5%
190	BHUTAN	4	0	17	29	212	214	0.9%
191	ALBANIA	52	83	369	110	76	214	181.6%
192	TOKELAU ISLANDS	69	0	0	115	14	192	1271.4%
193	MONTSERRAT	57	246	45	9	231	181	-21.6%
194	TURKMENISTAN	889	133	1,999	63	112	166	48.2%
195	SVALBARD & MAYEN IS.	0	0	250	74	38	163	328.9%
196	SOMALIA	157	389	16	306	852	162	-81.0%
197	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	25	2,441	218	0	183	154	-15.8%
198	SOLOMON ISLANDS	210	347	1,078	453	567	151	-73.4%
199	TAJIKISTAN	0	161	437	164	88	150	70.5%
200	GIBRALTAR	375	267	367	458	840	147	-82.5%
201	COCOS ISLANDS	55	0	0	65	48	139	189.6%
202	RWANDA	31	168	834	13	462	109	-76.4%
203	CHRISTMAS ISLAND	0	129	342	0	3	68	2166.7%
204	VANUATU	375	201	190	186	100	65	-35.0%
205	ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON	29	0	0	0	0	36	.
206	CAPE VERDE	42	4	12	19	31	22	-29.0%
207	WALLIS AND FUTUNA	0	11	0	99	5	16	220.0%
208	BRIT. IND. OCEAN TERR.	0	0	0	22	5	16	220.0%
209	COMOROS	0	5	0	0	246	15	-93.9%
210	BURKINA FASO	240	30	90	116	485	9	-98.1%
211	CHAD	12	19	6	10	103	6	-94.2%
212	LESOTHO	35	23	61	0	3	5	66.7%
213	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	170	63	82	32	79	4	-94.9%
214	NAURU	19	8	13	21	824	3	-99.6%
215	TUVALU ISLANDS	0	55	65	0	0	3	.
216	CUBA	8	15	16	3,853	3,031	0	-100.0
216	GAZA STRIP	0	4	48	15	67	0	-100.0
216	GUINEA-BISSAU	26	57	0	4	0	0	.
216	HEARD & MCDONALD IS.	0	0	4	0	5	0	-100.0
216	INTL. ORGANIZATIONS	14	0	0	0	0	0	.
216	IRAN	45,961	33,533	13,014	204	301	0	-100.0
216	NIUE	31	6	4	32	0	0	.
216	NORTH KOREA	0	0	30	0	87	0	-100.0
216	PITCAIRN ISLAND	0	0	0	28	0	0	.
216	SUDAN	2,271	727	3,641	1,344	2,151	0	-100.0
216	WEST BANK	4	0	0	0	5	0	-100.0
216	WESTERN SAHARA	0	24	0	0	0	0	.
Data Source: US Census Bureau. Compiler: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, US Dept. of Commerce. Source: California Institute for Federal Policy Research, Washington, DC. http://www.calinst.org