EXHIBIT 2. U.S. EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE BY STATE, WHERE THE EXPORTER
           IS LOCATED, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: September 1995

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.

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                         SIC-Based Product Code Groupings

                             Manufactured Commodities

          Item            September  Cumulative to date
                                        Total     Percent

U.S. Total                  44,898.7   390,839.6    100.0
    (Foreign Trade Zone)       368.8     2,585.7      0.7

    Alabama                    269.4     2,255.9      0.6
    Alaska                      33.2       284.1      0.1
    Arizona                    514.0     4,148.1      1.1
    Arkansas                   148.4     1,216.7      0.3
    California               6,784.8    55,877.3     14.3
    Colorado                   637.1     5,742.6      1.5
    Connecticut                783.4     7,114.6      1.8
    Delaware                   375.9     3,229.7      0.8
    Florida                  1,358.1    12,260.8      3.1
    Georgia                    635.1     5,563.2      1.4
    Hawaii                      15.3       104.9      0.0
    Idaho                      151.7     1,284.1      0.3
    Illinois                 2,174.2    19,889.5      5.1
    Indiana                    912.1     7,960.0      2.0
    Iowa                       203.4     1,731.2      0.4
    Kansas                     230.0     2,028.1      0.5
    Kentucky                   384.7     3,355.6      0.9
    Louisiana                  275.6     2,147.3      0.5
    Maine                       93.4       835.0      0.2
    Maryland                   228.5     2,125.0      0.5
    Massachusetts            1,187.7     9,622.9      2.5
    Michigan                 2,761.7    26,357.6      6.7
    Minnesota                  704.3     5,794.6      1.5
    Mississippi                101.5       978.5      0.3
    Missouri                   386.9     3,631.6      0.9
    Montana                     17.8       153.7      0.0
    Nebraska                   195.5     1,609.2      0.4
    Nevada                      34.8       405.8      0.1
    New Hampshire              115.3       974.7      0.2
    New Jersey               1,311.0    11,628.4      3.0
    New Mexico                  34.8       275.0      0.1
    New York                 3,076.4    25,381.9      6.5
    North Carolina             822.6     6,876.5      1.8
    North Dakota                29.1       305.7      0.1
    Ohio                     1,642.2    14,648.4      3.7
    Oklahoma                   166.4     1,537.6      0.4
    Oregon                     507.2     4,008.9      1.0
    Pennsylvania             1,535.9    11,821.7      3.0
    Rhode Island                59.0       563.2      0.1
    South Carolina             346.8     3,175.1      0.8
    South Dakota                25.7       232.5      0.1
    Tennessee                  589.8     5,080.5      1.3
    Texas                    3,285.3    29,841.5      7.6
    Utah                       146.7     1,294.8      0.3
    Vermont                    114.4     1,058.6      0.3
    Virginia                   746.5     6,507.5      1.7
    Washington               1,297.6    14,273.2      3.7
    West Virginia               62.8       503.2      0.1
    Wisconsin                  613.5     5,417.4      1.4
    Wyoming                      6.8        60.7      0.0
    Dist Of Columbia (2)       260.2     3,577.9      0.9
    Puerto Rico                435.5     3,114.4      0.8
    USVirgin Islands            18.6       178.0      (Z)
 Other                       3,018.5    26,368.4      6.7
    Estimated Shipments        844.5     7,376.9      1.9
    Unreported (3)           2,174.0    18,991.5      4.9
 Reexports Total             3,031.6    24,426.3      6.2

Timing Adjustment                (X)         (X)      (X)
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                         SIC-Based Product Code Groupings

                         Non-Manufactured Commodities (1)

          Item            September  Cumulative to date
                                        Total     Percent

U.S. Total                   4,762.1    40,282.2    100.0
    (Foreign Trade Zone)         5.3        35.4      0.1

    Alabama                     27.4       301.6      0.8
    Alaska                     124.0       389.5      1.0
    Arizona                     25.8       359.0      0.9
    Arkansas                    12.1        54.2      0.1
    California                 456.3     4,302.3     10.9
    Colorado                    18.8       187.6      0.5
    Connecticut                337.2     1,989.7      5.0
    Delaware                     4.2        42.1      0.1
    Florida                     63.7       677.7      1.7
    Georgia                     45.0       399.9      1.0
    Hawaii                       2.8        32.3      0.1
    Idaho                        4.0        40.9      0.1
    Illinois                   231.5     1,886.7      4.8
    Indiana                     10.0        87.9      0.2
    Iowa                         5.2       114.3      0.3
    Kansas                     160.0     1,203.7      3.0
    Kentucky                    18.7       129.9      0.3
    Louisiana                  130.7     1,045.9      2.6
    Maine                       17.4       120.2      0.3
    Maryland                    41.7       281.1      0.7
    Massachusetts               32.8       280.4      0.7
    Michigan                    49.9       394.1      1.0
    Minnesota                  426.9     2,922.8      7.4
    Mississippi                  2.7        83.3      0.2
    Missouri                    58.4       582.0      1.5
    Montana                      4.4        45.2      0.1
    Nebraska                     9.5        79.7      0.2
    Nevada                       2.2        25.6      0.1
    New Hampshire                3.4        35.7      0.1
    New Jersey                 103.1       864.4      2.2
    New Mexico                   1.6        31.3      0.1
    New York                   378.3     3,773.7      9.5
    North Carolina              49.2       521.3      1.3
    North Dakota                 4.9        56.3      0.1
    Ohio                        50.8       446.2      1.1
    Oklahoma                    21.5       213.5      0.5
    Oregon                     404.1     2,398.5      6.1
    Pennsylvania               155.5       775.7      2.0
    Rhode Island                13.7       113.3      0.3
    South Carolina               7.4        69.5      0.2
    South Dakota                 0.5         9.2      (Z)
    Tennessee                  136.3     1,977.1      5.0
    Texas                      165.8     1,685.7      4.3
    Utah                        33.1       444.7      1.1
    Vermont                      2.6        27.2      0.1
    Virginia                   110.7       781.1      2.0
    Washington                 306.8     2,474.8      6.3
    West Virginia               37.7       283.4      0.7
    Wisconsin                   22.6       214.1      0.5
    Wyoming                      2.9        11.5      (Z)
    Dist Of Columbia (2)        16.4       147.3      0.4
    Puerto Rico                  4.0        44.6      0.1
    USVirgin Islands             0.1         1.0      (Z)
 Other                         176.4     2,462.4      4.5
    Estimated Shipments          (-)         (-)      (-)
    Unreported (3)             176.4     2,462.4      4.5
 Reexports Total               229.4     2,274.7      5.8

Timing Adjustment                (X)        84.4      (X)
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                                  Total

          Item            September   Cumulative
                                       to date

U.S. Total                  49,660.7   431,123.0
    (Foreign Trade Zone)       374.1     2,621.1

    Alabama                    296.8     2,557.5
    Alaska                     157.2       673.6
    Arizona                    539.8     4,507.1
    Arkansas                   160.5     1,270.9
    California               7,241.1    60,179.6
    Colorado                   655.9     5,930.2
    Connecticut              1,120.6     9,104.3
    Delaware                   380.1     3,271.8
    Florida                  1,421.8    12,938.5
    Georgia                    680.1     5,963.1
    Hawaii                      18.1       137.2
    Idaho                      155.7     1,325.0
    Illinois                 2,405.7    21,776.2
    Indiana                    922.1     8,047.9
    Iowa                       208.6     1,845.5
    Kansas                     390.0     3,231.8
    Kentucky                   403.4     3,485.5
    Louisiana                  406.3     3,193.2
    Maine                      110.8       955.2
    Maryland                   270.2     2,406.1
    Massachusetts            1,220.5     9,903.3
    Michigan                 2,811.6    26,751.7
    Minnesota                1,131.2     8,717.4
    Mississippi                104.2     1,061.8
    Missouri                   445.3     4,213.6
    Montana                     22.2       198.9
    Nebraska                   205.0     1,688.9
    Nevada                      37.0       431.4
    New Hampshire              118.7     1,010.4
    New Jersey               1,414.1    12,492.8
    New Mexico                  36.4       306.3
    New York                 3,454.7    29,155.6
    North Carolina             871.8     7,397.8
    North Dakota                34.0       362.0
    Ohio                     1,693.0    15,094.6
    Oklahoma                   187.9     1,751.1
    Oregon                     911.3     6,407.4
    Pennsylvania             1,691.4    12,597.4
    Rhode Island                72.7       676.5
    South Carolina             354.2     3,244.6
    South Dakota                26.2       241.7
    Tennessee                  726.1     7,057.6
    Texas                    3,451.1    31,527.2
    Utah                       179.8     1,739.5
    Vermont                    117.0     1,085.8
    Virginia                   857.2     7,288.6
    Washington               1,604.4    16,748.0
    West Virginia              100.5       786.6
    Wisconsin                  636.1     5,631.5
    Wyoming                      9.7        72.2
    Dist Of Columbia (2)       276.6     3,725.2
    Puerto Rico                439.5     3,159.0
    USVirgin Islands            18.7       179.0
 Other                       3,194.9    28,830.8
    Estimated Shipments        844.5     7,376.9
    Unreported (3)           2,350.4    21,453.9
 Reexports Total             3,261.0    26,701.0

Timing Adjustment                (X)        84.4
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(1) Includes agricultural, forestry, fishery
products, mineral commodities, scrap,
waste, used or second-hand merchandise
and timing adjustments.  (2) Significant data
are compiled for the District of Columbia
because there are concentrations of entities
domiciled there such as, embassies of
foreign governments, purchasing agents for
foreign companies and countries that
arrange for exports of goods. (3) Includes
cases where no valid zip code was reported
on Shipper's Export Declaration (SED's) and
includes prior month's revision to Canada.

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CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or
         Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division.

NOTE:  For information on more detailed data available, please see
       record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE." 

