TABLE 13
U.S. IMPORTS OF UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO
FOR CONSUMPTION BY TYPE
(METRIC TONS AND $1,000)
	JAN-MAR					:	MARCH
TOBACCO TYPE	QUANTITY		:	VALUE		:	QUANTITY		:	VALUE
	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997	:	1996	1997
CIGARETTE LEAF
FLUE-CURED, UNSTEMMED	471	1,486		802	2,593		471	515		802	959
FLUE-CURED, STEMMED	10,247	10,019		35,476	44,060		2,016	1,502		5,892	7,340
BURLEY, UNSTEMMED	44	0		53	0		44	0		53	0
BURLEY, STEMMED	9,179	9,666		31,670	38,468		2,151	329		8,062	569
TURKISH, UNSTEMMED	20,855	41,857		89,420	195,487		6,381	10,421		28,987	53,562
OTHER LEAF, UNSTEMMED	4,599	4,669		8,669	8,810		1,380	1,070		2,711	2,136
OTHER LEAF, STEMMED	3,403	4,541		7,835	10,314		1,771	775		3,650	2,285
TOTAL CIGARETTE LEAF	48,798	72,238		173,925	299,732		14,214	14,612		50,157	66,851
CIGAR WRAPPER
WRAPPER, UNSTEMMED	103	157		959	2,631		32	67		286	1,318
WRAPPER, STEMMED	21	123		542	5,301		8	33		159	651
TOTAL CIGAR WRAPPER	124	280		1,501	7,932		40	100		445	1,969
STEMS	5,338	2,571		3,797	992		521	467		132	261
SCRAP	1,456	5,159		1,023	12,077		286	1,207		232	656
TOTAL UNMANUFACTURED	55,717	80,248		180,247	320,734		15,064	16,386		50,966	69,737
NOTE: DUE TO DATA AGGREGATION, ROUNDING ERRORS MAY OCCUR.
SOURCE: COMPILED FROM BUREAU OF THE CENSUS RECORDS.
PREPARED BY USDA\FAS\TCSD
MAY 1997