U.S. TOBACCO TRADE, 1995-1996


         FEBRUARY            JAN-FEB             JAN-DEC.
      1996      1997      1996      1997      1996      1997

EXPORTS:

UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO
MT       25,495    24,160    42,319    44,074   222,316   220,000
$,000   162,719   144,555   266,638   271,055 1,390,311 1,408,000
$/MT      6,382     5,983     6,301     6,150     6,254     6,400

BULK SMOKING TOBACCO
MT        3,491     4,855     6,630     8,708    50,062    52,000
$,000    26,272    41,222    50,264    68,402   381,320   390,000
$/MT      7,526     8,491     7,581     7,855     7,617     7,500

CIGARETTES
Mill P   21,912    18,327    37,169    34,164   243,897   245,000
$,000   432,246   371,521   728,557   701,535 4,735,788 4,750,000

IMPORTS:

LEAF IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION
MT       16,090    23,604    40,653    63,862   302,385   325,000
$,000    52,398    85,739   129,282   250,997   922,697 1,000,025
$/MT      3,257     3,632     3,180     3,930     3,051     3,077

LEAF GENERAL IMPORTS
MT       21,966    26,916    53,466    53,625   326,454   340,000
$,000    81,408   106,036   180,018   212,755 1,052,535 1,156,000
$/MT      3,706     3,940     3,367     3,967     3,224     3,400

LEAF IMPORTS FROM CBI:

METRIC TONS
CON.        921     1,225     1,856     2,148    13,367    13,000
GEN.        875       860     2,028     1,426    12,780    13,000

1/ Forecast
2/ Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) countries include:  Antigua
and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands,
Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,Grenada,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherland
Antilles, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent,
Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, and Guyana.

NOTE:  DUE TO DATA AGGREGATION, ROUNDING ERRORS MAY OCCUR.
SOURCE:  COMPILED FROM BUREAU OF THE CENSUS RECORDS.
PREPARED BY USDA/FAS/TCSD
APRIL 1997