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

 

January - August
Tobacco Type 1996 1997
Imports Exports Trade Balance Imports Exports Trade Balance
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Flue-cured 184,997 454,456 269,459 207,133 543,071 335,938
Burley 123,559 293,179 169,620 136,712 392,200 255,488
Oriental 157,332 0 (157,332) 294,761 0 (294,761)
Other 66,849 119,820 52,971 110,290 150,463 40,173
Total Unman. 532,737 867,455 334,718 748,896 1,085,734 336,838
Manufactured Tobacco
Cigarettes 24,803 3,089,320 3,064,517 28,748 2,864,496 2,835,748
Other 113,179 321,311 208,132 254,923 362,852 107,929
Total Manuf. 137,982 3,410,631 3,272,649 283,671 3,227,348 2,943,677
Total 670,719 4,278,086 3,607,367 1,032,567 4,313,082 3,280,515

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

October 1997

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