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U.S. TRADE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1997
U.S. unmanufactured tobacco exports for January-February 1997 totaled 44,074 metric tons, valued at $271.1 million. This represents a 4 percent increase in quantity and a 2 percent increase in value when compared to January-February 1996. The leading U.S. leaf export markets so far in 1997 are: the European Union, 19,289 tons; Japan, 8,664 tons; Thailand, 5,699 tons; Turkey, 4,424 tons; Malaysia, 1,548 tons; and Switzerland 678 tons.
Flue-cured exports for January-February 1997 reached 24,096 metric tons, valued at $175.1 million. This is up slightly in quantity and up 6 percent in value from January-February 1996. The leading U.S. flue-cured export markets so far in 1997 are: the European Union, 12,366 tons; Thailand, 3,139 tons; Japan, 2,903 tons; Turkey, 2,689 tons; Malaysia; 922 tons; and Taiwan, 553 tons.
Burley exports for January-February 1997 totaled 8,182 tons, valued at $64.2 million. This is down 9 percent in quantity and down 2 percent in value from January-February 1996. The leading U.S. burley export markets so far in 1997 are: Thailand, 2,560 tons; the European Union, 2,078 tons; Turkey, 1,735 tons; Malaysia, 454 tons; the Philippines; 428 tons; and Switzerland; 275 tons.
NOTE: It should be noted that a discrepancy appeared in the February U.S. export data and that the U.S. Bureau of the Census is likely to issue an errata to this data which, when issued, may push the February burley export total slightly higher.
U.S. cigarette exports in January-February 1997 totaled 34.2 billion pieces, valued at $701.5 million. This is down 8 percent in quantity and down 4 percent in value from January-February 1996. The leading U.S. cigarette export markets so far in 1997 are: Japan, 11.5 billion pieces; the European Union, 6.3 billion pieces (mainly Belgium/Luxembourg which is a major transshipment point for exports to other European markets); Cyprus, 2.3 billion pieces; Lebanon, 1.8 billion pieces; the Russian Federation, 1.7 billion pieces; Saudi Arabia 1.5 billion pieces; Singapore, 1.5 billion pieces; and South Korea, 1.0 billion pieces.
U.S. exports of bulk smoking tobacco for January-February 1997 totaled 8,708 tons, valued at $68.4 million. This is up 31 percent in quantity and up 36 percent in value from January-February 1996. The leading export markets so far in 1997 are: the European Union, 4,550 tons; Japan, 951 tons; Turkey, 875 tons; Egypt, 593 tons; Poland, 540 tons; Switzerland, 433 tons; and Cyprus, 220 tons.
U.S. unmanufactured tobacco imports for consumption (duty paid) for January-February 1997 totaled 63,862 tons, valued at $251.0 million. This is up 57 percent in quantity and up 94 percent in value when compared to January-February 1996. Imports of oriental tobacco, the leading tobacco type imported by the United States, reached 31,436 tons, valued at $141.9 million in January-February 1997. This is 117 percent higher in quantity and 135 percent higher in value when compared to the same period in 1996. Flue-cured imports so far in 1997 totaled 9,488 tons, valued at $38.4 million, up 15 percent in quantity and up 30 percent in value from January-February 1996. Burley imports for the first two months of 1997 totaled 9,336 tons, valued at $37.9 million, up 33 percent in quantity and up 61 percent in value from January-February 1996. U.S. imports of stems and scrap tobacco so far in 1997 total 6,118 tons, valued at $12.2 million, up 1 percent in quantity and up 160 percent in value from the same two month period in 1996. So far in 1997, the leading suppliers to the U.S. of unmanufactured tobacco imports for consumption are: Turkey, 23,915 tons; Brazil, 8,366 tons; the European Union, 8,286 tons; Malawi, 3,794 tons; Zimbabwe, 2,732 tons; Canada, 2,413 tons; Macedonia, 1,918 tons; Thailand, 1,842; and Argentina, 1,839 tons.
U.S. general imports (actual arrivals) of unmanufactured tobacco so far in 1997 totaled 53,625 tons, valued at $212.8 million. This represents a slight increase in quantity and an 18 percent increase in value from the same period in 1996.
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