EXHIBIT 2A. ORIGIN OF MOVEMENT OF U.S. EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE BY STATE, 
            BY SIC-BASED GROUPINGS, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: May 1998

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             May        Total      Percent

U.S. Total               49,602.3   249,855.3       100.0
Foreign Trade Zone          510.2     2,385.0         1.0

  Alabama                   462.4     2,306.7         0.9
  Alaska                     48.5       206.7         0.1
  Arizona                   801.0     4,213.1         1.7
  Arkansas                  202.7       933.0         0.4
  California              6,220.1    33,051.2        13.2
  Colorado                  367.8     1,852.8         0.7
  Connecticut               547.6     2,653.8         1.1
  Delaware                  172.1       816.6         0.3
  Florida                 1,842.6     8,760.6         3.5
  Georgia                 1,111.0     5,056.1         2.0
  Hawaii                      5.3        75.2         (-)
  Idaho                     101.3       556.8         0.2
  Illinois                2,370.2    11,308.2         4.5
  Indiana                 1,032.4     5,191.6         2.1
  Iowa                      408.4     2,013.5         0.8
  Kansas                    281.3     1,452.1         0.6
  Kentucky                  606.9     3,037.6         1.2
  Louisiana                 661.2     4,080.0         1.6
  Maine                     109.6       695.0         0.3
  Maryland                  345.3     1,795.5         0.7
  Massachusetts           1,205.6     6,178.0         2.5
  Michigan                2,227.2    12,325.9         4.9
  Minnesota                 653.7     3,300.6         1.3
  Mississippi               299.6       949.5         0.4
  Missouri                  469.9     2,289.2         0.9
  Montana                    23.9       124.8         0.0
  Nebraska                  150.8       756.1         0.3
  Nevada                     46.5       222.3         0.1
  New Hampshire             149.3       649.0         0.3
  New Jersey              1,068.4     5,476.8         2.2
  New Mexico                134.1       724.3         0.3
  New York                2,318.1    11,970.4         4.8
  North Carolina          1,131.2     5,818.8         2.3
  North Dakota               57.5       280.7         0.1
  Ohio                    2,010.5    10,110.7         4.0
  Oklahoma                  243.6     1,155.1         0.5
  Oregon                    603.6     2,865.1         1.1
  Pennsylvania            1,227.6     6,216.5         2.5
  Rhode Island               77.9       385.3         0.2
  South Carolina            612.2     3,122.7         1.2
  South Dakota               31.9       152.2         0.1
  Tennessee                 767.7     3,606.3         1.4
  Texas                   5,968.0    29,657.4        11.9
  Utah                      233.9     1,210.5         0.5
  Vermont                   166.6       892.4         0.4
  Virginia                  978.4     4,647.0         1.9
  Washington              3,002.6    13,922.0         5.6
  West Virginia             123.5       604.8         0.2
  Wisconsin                 678.7     3,742.2         1.5
  Wyoming                    43.0       192.3         0.1
  Dist of Columbia           11.6        89.5         (-)
  Puerto Rico               485.8     2,102.4         0.8
  USVirgin Islands           10.6        55.0         (-)
Other                     4,691.0    24,162.8         9.7
  Estimated Shipments     1,001.8     5,124.1         2.1
  Unreported (2)          3,689.2    19,038.7         7.6

Timing Adjustment             (-)      -159.6         (-)
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                         SIC-Based Product Code Groupings
                         Non-Manufactured Commodities (1)

                                      Cumulative to date
      Item                 May        Total      Percent

U.S. Total                3,100.2    17,884.3       100.0
Foreign Trade Zone            3.8        28.5         0.2

  Alabama                    35.4       197.3         1.1
  Alaska                     85.3       573.0         3.2
  Arizona                    29.3       205.3         1.1
  Arkansas                    9.1        62.5         0.3
  California                391.6     1,922.9        10.8
  Colorado                   12.5        70.5         0.4
  Connecticut                23.3       145.0         0.8
  Delaware                    1.7        11.4         0.1
  Florida                    75.1       413.5         2.3
  Georgia                    61.9       288.5         1.6
  Hawaii                      4.6        26.6         0.1
  Idaho                       6.6        54.2         0.3
  Illinois                   44.1       234.9         1.3
  Indiana                     8.6        61.5         0.3
  Iowa                       12.6       158.6         0.9
  Kansas                     26.3       144.6         0.8
  Kentucky                   15.5       129.5         0.7
  Louisiana                 417.5     3,347.7        18.7
  Maine                       5.5        32.0         0.2
  Maryland                   10.2        56.7         0.3
  Massachusetts              29.9       158.4         0.9
  Michigan                   51.9       230.0         1.3
  Minnesota                  59.8       234.7         1.3
  Mississippi                11.9        69.8         0.4
  Missouri                   14.3       105.7         0.6
  Montana                     7.1        45.3         0.3
  Nebraska                   17.1        85.6         0.5
  Nevada                      2.8        14.6         0.1
  New Hampshire               4.0        20.0         0.1
  New Jersey                 63.2       338.0         1.9
  New Mexico                  2.8        12.2         0.1
  New York                  129.5       677.3         3.8
  North Carolina            130.7       623.9         3.5
  North Dakota               10.7        61.9         0.3
  Ohio                       45.2       171.1         1.0
  Oklahoma                    7.0        30.6         0.2
  Oregon                    114.6       616.0         3.4
  Pennsylvania               56.0       234.4         1.3
  Rhode Island               11.9        45.3         0.3
  South Carolina             12.1        54.4         0.3
  South Dakota                2.6        10.9         0.1
  Tennessee                  38.6       202.9         1.1
  Texas                     291.8     1,797.8        10.1
  Utah                       14.5        92.3         0.5
  Vermont                     2.5        12.5         0.1
  Virginia                  110.1       523.8         2.9
  Washington                159.5     1,077.8         6.0
  West Virginia              71.7       342.0         1.9
  Wisconsin                  50.6       138.4         0.8
  Wyoming                     2.9        10.8         0.1
  Dist of Columbia            0.4         8.2         (-)
  Puerto Rico                 6.8        21.1         0.1
  USVirgin Islands            (-)         0.2         (-)
Other                       288.8     1,680.2         9.4
  Estimated Shipments         (-)         (-)         (-)
  Unreported (2)            288.8     1,680.2         9.4

Timing Adjustment             (-)         (-)         (-)
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                               SIC-Based Product Code Groupings
                              Reexports               Total
                       
         Item             May      Cumulative     May      Cumulative
                                    to date                 to date

U.S. Total                3,556.0    18,302.4    56,258.4   286,042.0
Foreign Trade Zone           22.2       122.5       536.1     2,536.1

  Alabama                     7.1        52.8       504.9     2,556.8
  Alaska                      1.1        17.6       134.9       797.3
  Arizona                    69.2       357.7       899.5     4,776.1
  Arkansas                    4.8        20.3       216.6     1,015.9
  California                837.6     4,644.0     7,449.3    39,618.1
  Colorado                   32.9       154.5       413.1     2,077.8
  Connecticut                18.6       145.2       589.5     2,944.1
  Delaware                   20.6       151.9       194.4       979.9
  Florida                   105.0       651.5     2,022.7     9,825.6
  Georgia                    38.8       216.0     1,211.8     5,560.6
  Hawaii                      1.6        24.3        11.6       126.1
  Idaho                       4.5        38.2       112.5       649.1
  Illinois                  137.3       613.3     2,551.6    12,156.4
  Indiana                    25.8       115.9     1,066.9     5,369.0
  Iowa                        5.8        40.3       426.8     2,212.3
  Kansas                     18.1        79.6       325.7     1,676.3
  Kentucky                   35.4       164.6       657.9     3,331.8
  Louisiana                   7.5        42.8     1,086.2     7,470.4
  Maine                       3.5        17.3       118.5       744.3
  Maryland                   28.7       173.1       384.3     2,025.3
  Massachusetts              64.1       373.0     1,299.6     6,709.5
  Michigan                  152.3       685.7     2,431.4    13,241.5
  Minnesota                  31.8       155.5       745.4     3,690.8
  Mississippi                 2.6        13.6       314.0     1,032.9
  Missouri                   15.2        76.2       499.4     2,471.1
  Montana                     0.6         6.0        31.6       176.1
  Nebraska                    6.5        26.4       174.3       868.2
  Nevada                      7.1        46.2        56.3       283.1
  New Hampshire               8.6        41.0       161.9       709.9
  New Jersey                133.4       707.7     1,265.0     6,522.5
  New Mexico                  0.6         2.4       137.4       738.9
  New York                  557.9     2,559.2     3,005.6    15,206.9
  North Carolina             72.8       305.9     1,334.7     6,748.6
  North Dakota                0.9         7.6        69.0       350.3
  Ohio                       90.6       408.0     2,146.3    10,689.7
  Oklahoma                    7.6        36.1       258.3     1,221.7
  Oregon                     40.4       210.2       758.6     3,691.3
  Pennsylvania               54.5       290.6     1,338.2     6,741.6
  Rhode Island                5.9        29.7        95.7       460.3
  South Carolina             17.9        95.0       642.2     3,272.1
  South Dakota                3.3        18.7        37.8       181.8
  Tennessee                  34.2       206.4       840.5     4,015.6
  Texas                     419.6     2,158.6     6,679.4    33,613.7
  Utah                        5.8        27.3       254.2     1,330.2
  Vermont                   101.4       591.7       270.5     1,496.6
  Virginia                   51.5       186.1     1,140.0     5,356.9
  Washington                 66.3       339.5     3,228.4    15,339.3
  West Virginia               2.8        10.6       198.1       957.4
  Wisconsin                  20.8       105.8       750.1     3,986.5
  Wyoming                     0.4         3.1        46.3       206.2
  Dist of Columbia            1.9        13.8        14.0       111.5
  Puerto Rico                42.4       149.9       535.1     2,273.4
  USVirgin Islands            0.3         0.6        11.0        55.8
Other                       130.0       693.4     5,109.8    26,536.4
  Estimated Shipments         (-)         (-)     1,001.8     5,124.1
  Unreported (2)            130.0       693.4     4,108.0    21,412.3

Timing Adjustment             (-)         (-)         (-)      -159.6

(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." 



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