TABLE 9
U.S. EXPORTS OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO
BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
(METRIC TONS AND $1000)
	JAN-MAR					:	MARCH
COUNTRY	QUANTITY		:	VALUE		:	QUANTITY		:	VALUE
	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997
EUROPEAN UNION 1/
GERMANY	5,554	9,833		39,145	68,387		1,027	2,393		7,410	14,436
BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG	584	2,554		4,402	18,847		187	1,456		1,248	10,372
UNITED KINGDOM	2,314	1,671		15,248	12,060		292	644		1,897	5,032
DENMARK	765	1,352		5,735	9,887		208	454		1,560	3,340
NETHERLANDS	3,009	1,024		21,017	6,898		94	316		647	2,015
ITALY	790	646		5,752	4,716		0	23		0	74
FRANCE	0	484		0	3,982		0	0		0	0
SPAIN	89	146		606	1,076		56	57		383	448
SWEDEN	58	0		445	0		58	0		445	0
GREECE	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
PORTUGAL	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
IRELAND	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
FINLAND	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
AUSTRIA	238	0		1,703	0		0	0		0	0
TOTAL EU	13,401	17,710		94,053	125,853		1,922	5,343		13,590	35,717
OTHER MARKETS:
JAPAN	7,449	4,009		53,376	28,893		1,567	1,106		11,808	7,372
TURKEY	3,064	3,960		15,780	29,243		1,647	1,271		10,447	9,439
THAILAND	1,946	3,194		13,394	23,363		0	55		0	139
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	2,432	2,504		19,901	21,520		2,432	2,497		19,901	21,477
MALAYSIA	1,407	1,368		9,092	9,671		432	447		2,666	3,165
PHILIPPINES	221	623		1,645	4,772		47	561		313	4,340
TAIWAN	0	557		0	3,370		0	3		0	16
SWITZERLAND	609	459		4,360	3,233		337	133		2,523	806
INDONESIA	858	394		6,774	3,043		286	181		2,250	1,500
AUSTRALIA	1,132	365		8,228	2,883		599	135		4,316	1,005
SINGAPORE	551	272		4,172	2,052		184	66		1,384	508
PAKISTAN	86	259		734	1,885		58	259		490	1,885
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	8	142		55	328		8	0		55	0
HONG KONG	219	85		1,653	654		68	33		514	265
CANADA	0	73		0	342		0	18		0	68
BANGLADESH	28	54		218	465		19	17		166	143
CAMBODIA	0	54		0	170		0	54		0	170
OTHER	520	233		3,638	1,676		106	39		772	272
TOTAL OTHER MARKETS	20,530	18,605		143,020	137,563		7,790	6,875		57,605	52,570
WORLD TOTAL	33,930	36,316		237,074	263,416		9,711	12,220		71,197	88,286
NOTE: DUE TO DATA AGGREGATION, ROUNDING ERRORS MAY OCCUR.
1/ EUROPEAN UNION (EU): GROUP OF 15 COUNTRIES FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC).
SOURCE: COMPILED FROM BUREAU OF THE CENSUS RECORDS.
PREPARED BY USDA\FAS\TCSD
MAY 1997