TABLE 2
U.S. TOBACCO TRADE, 1996-97
			:	MARCH		:	JAN-MAR		:	JAN-DEC.
			:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997/1
EXPORTS:
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO
METRIC TONS				22,206	27,238		64,525	71,552		222,316	220,000
$1,000				154,307	188,251		420,945	460,858		1,390,311	1,408,000
$/M.T.				6,949	6,911		6,524	6,441		6,254	6,400
BULK SMOKING TOBACCO
METRIC TONS				5,340	5,234		11,970	13,942		50,062	52,000
$1,000				39,908	38,943		90,172	107,344		381,320	390,000
$/M.T.				7,473	7,440		7,533	7,699		7,617	7,500
CIGARETTES
MIL. PIECES				20,822	21,230		57,992	55,394		243,897	245,000
$1,000				399,391	413,400		1,127,948	1,114,935		4,735,788	4,750,000
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO IMPORTS:
FOR CONSUMPTION
METRIC TONS				15,064	16,386		55,717	80,248		302,385	325,000
$1,000				50,966	69,737		180,247	320,734		922,697	1,000,025
$/M.T.				3,383	4,256		3,235	3,997		3,051	3,077
GENERAL IMPORTS
METRIC TONS				21,031	21,888		74,497	75,513		326,454	340,000
$1,000				73,559	89,421		253,577	302,176		1,052,535	1,156,000
$/M.T.				3,498	4,085		3,404	4,002		3,224	3,400
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO IMPORTS FROM CBI COUNTRIES 2/
METRIC TONS
CONSUMPTION				688	674		2,544	2,822		13,367	13,000
GENERAL				681	1,475		2,709	2,901		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, Netherlands 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
MAY 1997