TABLE 14
U.S. IMPORTS OF UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO
GENERAL IMPORTS 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	14,099	15,708		51,022	70,901		7,656	3,181		29,185	11,733
BURLEY, UNSTEMMED	19	0		23	0		19	0		23	0
BURLEY, STEMMED	7,971	7,503		25,122	24,296		2,592	1,470		6,726	2,263
TURKISH, UNSTEMMED	36,178	36,406		152,520	173,684		7,193	11,790		30,358	64,302
OTHER LEAF, UNSTEMMED	5,702	5,578		10,362	10,522		1,264	1,853		2,485	4,086
OTHER LEAF, STEMMED	3,845	3,855		7,309	9,954		1,499	982		3,418	3,032
TOTAL CIGARETTE LEAF	68,285	70,536		247,160	291,950		20,694	19,791		72,997	86,375
CIGAR WRAPPER
WRAPPER, UNSTEMMED	105	157		1,323	2,631		21	67		208	1,318
WRAPPER, STEMMED	21	123		542	5,301		8	33		159	651
TOTAL CIGAR WRAPPER	126	280		1,865	7,932		29	100		367	1,969
STEMS	5,050	2,934		3,797	1,163		203	695		60	287
SCRAP	1,034	1,762		753	1,131		104	1,301		135	790
TOTAL UNMANUFACTURED	74,497	75,513		253,577	302,176		21,031	21,888		73,559	89,421
NOTE: DUE TO DATA AGGREGATION, ROUNDING ERRORS MAY OCCUR.
SOURCE: COMPILED FROM BUREAU OF THE CENSUS RECORDS.
PREPARED BY USDA\FAS\TCSD
MAY 1997