Table 7
U.S. Exports of Unmanufactured Tobacco
(Metric Tons and Thousand Dollars)

 

January - June June
Tobacco Type Quantity Value Quantity Value
1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997
Flue-cured
Unstemmed 276 1,098 1,471 5,263 80 101 379 411
Stemmed 54,360 65,856 380,872 476,944 6,827 7,038 45,762 53,461
Total Flue-cured 54,636 66,953 382,343 482,207 6,908 7,139 46,142 53,872
Burley
Unstemmed 160 572 644 4,516 0 134 0 1,329
Stemmed 34,656 44,038 261,616 350,365 4,638 7,701 35,222 63,206
Total Burley 34,816 44,610 262,259 354,881 4,638 7,835 35,222 64,535
Other Tobacco
Dark Fire KY & TN 2,901 4,084 17,798 27,109 240 294 1,244 1,688
VA Fire and Sun 206 270 1,178 1,679 0 98 0 623
Maryland 1,258 1,349 8,834 8,927 230 257 1,686 2,075
Blackfat 569 219 2,006 1,455 41 69 238 478
Cigar Wrapper 1,076 2,020 13,566 35,825 160 499 2,675 7,789
Cigar Binder 28 130 141 839 0 65 0 372
Stems 19,356 17,767 23,561 18,723 3,006 1,227 2,893 703
Other Leaf Tobacco 4,561 4,426 27,038 26,743 1,122 1,177 5,176 6,314
Total Unmanufactured 119,407 141,828 738,724 958,388 16,345 18,660 95,276 138,449

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

August 1997