Table 16

Table 16
U.S. Tobacco Trade Balance:
Unmanufactured and Manufactured
(Thousand Dollars)

	January - May
Tobacco Type	1996			1997
	Imports	Exports	Trade Balance	Imports	Exports	Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured	50,657	336,202	285,545	60,197	428,335	368,138
Burley	39,506	227,037	187,531	56,568	290,346	233,778
Oriental	117,018	0	(117,018)	228,399	0	(228,399)
Other	32,514	80,211	47,697	54,028	101,259	47,231
Total Unman.	239,695	643,450	403,755	399,192	819,940	420,748
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes	11,733	1,902,540	1,890,807	12,419	1,786,378	1,773,959
Other	44,603	207,407	162,804	109,335	232,804	123,469
Total Manuf.	56,336	2,109,947	2,053,611	121,754	2,019,182	1,897,428
Total	296,031	2,753,397	2,457,366	520,946	2,839,122	2,318,176

1/ Imports for consumption.

Note: Due to data aggregation, rounding errors may occur.
Source: Compiled from Bureau of the Census Records.
Prepared by: USDA/FAS/COTS

July 1997