TABLE 12
U.S. EXPORTS OF CIGARETTES
BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
(THOUSAND PIECES AND THOUSAND DOLLARS)
	JAN-MAR					:	MARCH
COUNTRY	QUANTITY		:	VALUE		:	QUANTITY		:	VALUE
	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997
EUROPEAN UNION 1/
BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG	14,447,587	10,255,019		275,728	206,579		4,908,640	4,180,959		88,781	87,561
GREECE	101	361,160		3	3,541		101	224,760		3	2,182
GERMANY	982,646	49,982		9,670	961		33,316	31,440		349	407
NETHERLANDS	39,545	30,501		589	1,228		0	10,850		0	110
SPAIN	9,640	16,630		251	339		6,333	0		142	0
UNITED KINGDOM	10,946	289		99	5		10,235	0		82	0
FRANCE	621	0		12	0		0	0		0	0
IRELAND	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
ITALY	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
FINLAND	1,301,040	0		13,958	0		357,360	0		3,772	0
PORTUGAL	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
DENMARK	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
SWEDEN	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
AUSTRIA	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0
TOTAL EU	16,792,126	10,713,581		300,310	212,653		5,315,985	4,448,009		93,129	90,260
OTHER MARKETS:
JAPAN	17,062,171	17,782,899		383,549	395,606		5,878,595	6,259,185		129,628	131,166
CYPRUS	1,605,090	3,407,720		21,204	45,538		1,230,560	1,068,790		17,471	10,115
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	3,340,467	2,925,773		70,331	67,795		1,394,850	1,239,760		30,719	28,713
LEBANON	3,260,071	2,557,400		55,051	49,581		876,750	802,940		14,050	14,471
SAUDI ARABIA	2,833,920	2,392,819		59,353	52,910		1,422,987	850,560		29,275	18,717
SINGAPORE	2,059,694	2,057,783		22,811	27,333		886,210	594,880		8,110	5,798
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	1,853,490	1,611,932		39,039	34,934		804,324	571,191		16,866	12,188
KUWAIT	798,105	1,326,882		16,886	29,095		26,567	959,406		517	21,019
TURKEY	0	1,022,672		0	9,667		0	361,171		0	3,453
HONG KONG	1,237,895	828,908		21,013	16,540		356,895	277,952		6,669	5,766
UKRAINE	112,190	827,003		2,473	19,138		112,190	392,650		2,473	9,091
PHILIPPINES	310,550	703,270		2,827	6,598		72,000	396,000		633	3,733
PANAMA	619,338	671,659		12,851	14,086		183,268	206,671		3,533	4,473
PARAGUAY	517,307	669,210		10,656	12,807		279,787	398,655		5,885	7,120
MALAYSIA	70,830	602,504		696	6,509		64,530	369,396		633	3,673
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	552,934	598,045		11,682	13,461		155,412	187,510		3,237	4,132
ISRAEL	633,560	510,239		12,399	10,193		264,230	240,079		5,237	4,398
OTHER	4,331,903	4,183,464		84,813	90,492		1,497,068	1,605,013		31,327	35,113
TOTAL OTHER MARKETS	41,199,515	44,680,182		827,634	902,283		15,506,223	16,781,809		306,263	323,139
WORLD TOTAL	57,991,641	55,393,763		1,127,948	1,114,935		20,822,208	21,229,818		399,391	413,400
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